Aug 31 2026
EU designates ChatGPT a Very Large Online Search Engine under the DSA, the first chatbot regulated as a search giant
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OpenAI reported ~159M average monthly EU users of ChatGPT search against the 45M threshold; four months to comply with systemic-risk obligations on minors, elections and illegal content. Reddit and Roblox designated VLOPs the same day.
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