The European Commission ordered Meta to restore rival AI chatbots' access to the WhatsApp Business API under pre-ban terms within five days. The move escalates an antitrust investigation into whether Meta abused its dominance by reserving AI features for itself, with potential fines up to 10% of global revenue.
She stated that in rapidly evolving markets, competition can be lost long before a final decision is adopted.
Grok was the worst offender, with guest conversations public by default and TikTok's tracker receiving webcam image metadata.
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Apple is expanding App Store bundles to include subscriptions from different companies and introducing Suites that combine subscriptions unavailable on their own. The changes, announced at WWDC alongside iOS 27, will roll out later this year with more details expected this summer.
Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5 as its first publicly available Mythos-class model, which it describes as exceeding any prior generally available model on nearly all benchmarks. The release includes conservative safeguards that redirect some queries to Claude Opus 4.8, while a less-restricted Mythos 5 version stays limited to select cyberdefenders.
Waymo acquired Apple’s former 5,500-acre autonomous vehicle proving ground in Arizona for $220 million, nearly double Apple’s 2021 purchase price. The site, once central to the now-canceled Project Titan, strengthens Waymo’s testing capabilities as it aims to reach 1 million weekly robotaxi rides by year-end.
