Meta Announces Ban on Rival AI Chatbots From WhatsApp

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By John GruberOct 24, 2025, 5:16 pm860 ptsTop
Eric Hal Schwarz, reporting for TechRadar: Meta is closing the door on third-party AI assistants inside WhatsApp. Starting January 15, 2026, no general-purpose AI chatbot, including ChatGPT, Perplexity, and others, will be allowed to operate on the platform. The change is part of an update to WhatsApp’s…

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