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BRUSSELS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - U.S. tech giant Meta [(META.O), opens new tab](https://www.reuters.com/markets/companies/META.O) is set to face a European Union antitrust investigation into use of artificial intelligence in its chat platform Whatsapp, a source told Reuters.
The investigation could come on Thursday, the source said.
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Reporting by Foo Yun Chee, Inti Landauro;
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title:Meta set to face EU antitrust investigation into AI use in Whatsapp -source