But if Meta can win out with a strategy of owning the chat, owning the assistant, owning the ecosystem, it will likely be ...

In a major move that could reshape the future of AI integration on messaging platforms, WhatsApp has announced a complete ban ...

Third-party chatbots will be banned from the platform as of Jan. 15, 2026, with Meta AI becoming the only major chatbot ...

Meta's rationale behind this move is that WhatsApp Business API is designed for businesses serving customers rather than ...

As spotted by TechCrunch, starting January 15, 2026, LLM providers will be banned from using WhatsApp’s business API “when ...

There's a smart upgrade coming to WhatsApp and it could come in handy if you travel or have friends living abroad. The popular messaging service is launching a new feature that can instantly translate ...

Google's Gemini 2.5 "Flash Image" model, known as Nano Banana, has sparked a social media frenzy with its hyper-realistic AI image generation. Perplexity AI is now bringing Nano Banana to its WhatsApp ...

Pune: The education department on Tuesday issued a circular directing all govt schools — aided, partially aided, and local body-run institutions — across Maharashtra to mandatorily record students' ...

The downloaded PDF is password-protected and digitally signed by UIDAI. The Government of India has rolled out a streamlined way for citizens to access their Aadhaar card directly through WhatsApp ...

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Riley Griffin reports on Meta Platforms Inc.’s decision to use ...

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