Meta-owned WhatsApp has updated its Business API policy to prohibit general-purpose chatbots on its platform. The change, set to take effect on 15 January 2026, will impact AI assistants from ...

With more than 1.5 billion monthly users, WhatsApp is the most popular consumer chat app on the planet. Once it opens its door to large enterprises, WhatsApp will instantly become the world's most ...

Starting next year, AI companies won’t be allowed to use WhatsApp as a chat interface. Here are the details. For the past few months, companies such as OpenAI and Perplexity have launched phone ...

Meta changed WhatsApp's Business API policy last week to prevent chatbots like ChatGPT from operating on the chat platform. WhatsApp will still let business customers use specialized AI products that ...

OpenAI confirmed ChatGPT will leave WhatsApp on January 15, 2026, after Meta’s updated business API policy effectively bans general-purpose third-party AI chatbots. OpenAI urges users to link their ...