{"id":691741,"date":"2026-07-14T20:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/691741\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T20:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:15:11","slug":"chatgpt-is-back-in-whatsapp-in-europe-thanks-to-the-european-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/691741\/","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT is back in WhatsApp in Europe thanks to the European Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, the European Commission (EC) announced that it would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/european_commission_forces_meta_to_accept_thirdparty_chatbots_in_whatsapp_for_free-news-73217.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">forcing Meta to allow third-party AI chatbots in WhatsApp<\/a> for free in the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision followed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/meta_bans_thirdparty_llm_chatbots_in_whatsapp_-news-70460.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meta&#8217;s ban of third-party AI chatbots<\/a> in WhatsApp last November, and the company&#8217;s subsequent move from March when it once again accepted third-party AI chatbots in WhatsApp, but only for a fee.<\/p>\n<p>As a consequence of the EC&#8217;s decision, today ChatGPT is back on WhatsApp in the EEA. You can chat with it in WhatsApp at the phone number 1-800-CHATGPT, without needing to install the ChatGPT app.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784060111_883_gsmarena_001.jpg\" alt=\"ChatGPT is back in WhatsApp in Europe thanks to the European Commission\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Just like you would be using the ChatGPT app, you can ask it questions, upload pictures, send voice messages, generate images &#8211; everything is done within WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>The EC&#8217;s investigation on this matter hasn&#8217;t concluded yet, but Meta has to maintain free access to third-party AI chatbots in WhatsApp until the EC adopts its final decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.com\/ChatGPT-ist-zurueck-auf-WhatsApp-die-EU-zwang-Meta-dazu.1342422.0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Via<\/a> (in German)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last month, the European Commission (EC) announced that it would be forcing Meta to allow third-party AI chatbots&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-691741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}