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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 remaining general-purpose chatbot available on WhatsApp.

No more ChatGPT and Perplexity on WhatsApp! Meta quietly updates its policy on third-party AI chatbots

Meta has updated its WhatsApp API policy to prohibit general-purpose AI chatbots, effective January 2026. This decision ...

Meta adds parental AI controls

Meta is adding parental controls for kids' interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots -- including the ability to ...

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 ...

Leaked Meta guidelines show how it trains AI chatbots to respond to child sexual exploitation prompts

A leaked Meta document shows how its AI chatbot is trained to handle child sexual exploitation prompts as it faces FTC ...