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Meta's largest AI competitors are fighting for users inside its most popular chatbot app: WhatsApp
Lately, WhatsApp has quietly become the place where users around the world talk to and juggle multiple rival AI chatbots like ...
Meta is ruining WhatsApp with ads, but I still can’t leave it
Everyone talks about how hard it is to leave iMessage. But with WhatsApp, it's not even about the app — it's about your ...
Betrayal or inevitability? Meta is putting ads in WhatsApp.
Send news tips to: will.oremus@washpost.com Betrayal or inevitability? Meta is putting ads in WhatsApp. More than a decade ...
Meta brings ads to WhatsApp
WhatsApp says that users will start seeing ads in parts of the app, as owner Meta Platforms moves to cultivate a new revenue ...
Meta is finally bringing ads to WhatsApp
The ads will be shown to users only within WhatsApp’s “Updates” tab to separate them from people’s personal conversations.
Meta 'concerned' by Iran telling citizens to stop using WhatsApp, spokesperson says
Iranian officials had warned people to stop using WhatsApp, Telegram and other "location-based applications," according to a ...
Meta to introduce ads and subscriptions on WhatsApp
Meta announced that it is adding ads and subscriptions to its WhatsApp messaging app in a June 16 press release. The social ...
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WhatsApp’s rollout of ads will change the app forever
Meta, which acquired WhatsApp in 2014, attempted to justify the decision by saying ads will be sequestered to its “Updates” tab, where you’ll see some sponsored status updates.
Iranian and U.S. Officials Agree: WhatsApp Is the New Security Boogeyman
While we’ve seen no public instances of governments having a backdoor into WhatsApp, in May, the Israeli cyber-intelligence ...