Morning Edition · Wednesday, July 15, 2026Published at 1:45 AM EDT · New York
ChatGPT Returns to WhatsApp Across Europe After the EU Ordered Meta to Restore Rival Access
OpenAI re-enabled the assistant across all 27 EU states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on July 13, six months after Meta barred general-purpose AI bots from the WhatsApp Business API.
ChatGPT is available again on WhatsApp in Europe, reachable through the verified 1-800-CHATGPT contact with no account required. According to The Decoder, OpenAI re-enabled the assistant across the European Economic Area on July 13, coverin…
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