Meta offers AI rival chatbots limited free WhatsApp access, sources say

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• * Meta makes limited offers for rival AI chatbots to use WhatsApp * Offer would see initial free use capped at limit - sources * Meta facing scrutiny from EU watchdog over competition * AI rivals unimpressed with Meta's offer By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, May 19 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms has offered to give rival AI chatbots including OpenAI free access to its social messaging service WhatsApp in Europe, but will start charging them once they hit a limit, two people with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.
• The details of the offer, previously unreported, come as Mark Zuckerberg's tech and social media giant that also controls Facebook, looks to appease increasingly tough EU regulators that are tightening the screws on Big Tech.
• Meta submitted its proposal to EU antitrust regulators last week after the European Commission said it was considering an order requiring the firm to provide...