New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- European Union competition regulators have formally charged Meta Platforms with breaching antitrust rules after the company restricted access to artificial intelligence services on WhatsApp, a move officials say may unfairly shut out rival developers.

The European Commission, which acts as the bloc's competition watchdog, said on Monday that Meta's decision to allow only its own assistant, Meta AI, to operate within WhatsApp could distort the market for AI-powered services and harm competition. Notably, the policy came into effect on 15 January.

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