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Meta Says No More General Purpose Chatbots on WhatsApp (Except Its Own)

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

Meta Gives Parents Power to Mute AI Chatbots After Safety Backlash — What to Expect?

Meta is launching a new set of parental controls to limit children's direct interactions with its AI character-chatbots in ...

No More ChatGPT On WhatsApp? Major AI Chatbots Face Ban From January 2026

The change affects third-party assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity, while preserving bots used for customer-service ...

Leaked Meta documents show how AI chatbots handle child exploitation

Meta's AI chatbot training rules bans sexual roleplay with minors and block access to child abuse material as regulators ...
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Meta bans third-party AI chatbots on WhatsApp; ChatGPT, Perplexity face heat

Meta is tightening control over AI chatbots on WhatsApp, banning third-party assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity from 2026 to strengthen its in-house AI ecosystem.

Meta balked at turning over AI chatbot records in lawsuit, setting up court fight

Meta faces a legal battle in New Mexico over AI chatbot records in a child safety lawsuit, as the state demands key internal ...