Meta wants AIs like ChatGPT gone from your WhatsApp chats

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ChatGPT, Perplexity, and other AI apps are available in WhatsApp via direct messaging, an unexpected way of reaching the massive WhatsApp user base. WhatsApp already features built-in Meta AI functionality, which gets prime placement in the user interface.

All of Meta’s social networks come with Meta AI preloaded, whether the user wants to use the AI or not. Come January 15, 2026, Meta AI should be the only chatbot option in WhatsApp. According to TechCrunch, the Meta subsidiary changed its Business API policy last week to ban other chatbots from its platforms, including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Luzia, Poke, and other AI firms that might use WhatsApp’s infrastructure to offer communications to their assistants.

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