ChatGPT is back in WhatsApp in Europe thanks to the European Commission
Last month, the European Commission (EC) announced that it would be forcing Meta to allow third-party AI chatbots in WhatsApp for free in the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision followed Meta's ban of third-party AI chatbots in WhatsApp last November, and the company's subsequent move from March when it once again accepted third-party AI chatbots in WhatsApp, but only for a fee.
As a consequence of the EC'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.
Just like you would be using the ChatGPT app, you can ask it questions, upload pictures, send voice messages, generate images - everything is done within WhatsApp.
The EC's investigation on this matter hasn't concluded yet, but Meta has to maintain free access to third-party AI chatbots in WhatsApp until the EC adopts its final decision.
Via (in German)
Reader comments
- Anonymous
The EU Commission. LOL Like a child king.
- 17 Jul 2026
- M4M
Promies are promised bread is eaten and a chatbot is ready to happily ruin our lives as before and make everything else super costly.
- 15 Jul 2026
- TmK
- Anonymous
the should have been forced Meta to get rids of any bloody chatbot crap... no need for this BS
- 15 Jul 2026
- JBf