The European Commission has initiated a formal antitrust investigation into Meta’s policies regarding AI chatbots on WhatsApp. Regulators are examining whether Meta is leveraging its dominant market position to unfairly disadvantage competitors in the burgeoning AI sector. The core concern revolves around Meta’s revised WhatsApp policy, which limits businesses’ access to third-party AI chatbots through its API, while Meta’s own AI offerings retain access. This policy shift prompted OpenAI and Microsoft to discontinue ChatGPT and Copilot integrations within WhatsApp, raising further questions about potential anti-competitive practices. The investigation aims to determine if Meta’s actions stifle innovation and limit consumer choice in the AI-powered communication landscape.