Meta Platforms Is Learning That Owning the Rails of AI Comes With Regulators Attached
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- Italy ordered Meta on December 24, 2025, to suspend WhatsApp rules that would have blocked rival AI chatbots while keeping Meta AI.
- The move hits right as Meta leans on AI assistants across its apps and ramps $66–72B in 2025 capex for data centers and chips.
- For investors, the real question is whether Meta can monetize AI at scale when regulators want WhatsApp to stay open to competing bots.
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