# Meta Platforms has offered to give rival AI chatbots, including OpenAI, free access to its social messaging service WhatsApp.

*genai · news · 2026-05-19 · The News International*

## Key points

- Meta has offered rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp's API in Europe.
- Meta will start charging AI chatbot rivals after they reach a message-sending limit.
- Meta's proposal to EU regulators aims to ease antitrust pressure pending an ongoing investigation.
- Parties had until May 18 to give feedback on Meta's offer before the EU decides.
- Smaller competitors criticized Meta's proposal as inadequate for addressing competition concerns.

**Companies:** Meta Platforms, OpenAI, The Interaction Company
**Countries:** United States, European Union

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