Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:

WhatsApp updates its Business API terms to ban general-purpose chatbots starting January 15, 2026, affecting WhatsApp assistants of OpenAI, Perplexity, others  —  Meta-owned chat app WhatsApp changed its business API policy this week to ban general-purpose chatbots from its platform.

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:

WhatsApp updates its Business API terms to ban general-purpose chatbots starting January 15, 2026, affecting WhatsApp assistants of OpenAI, Perplexity, others  —  Meta-owned chat app WhatsApp changed its business API policy this week to ban general-purpose chatbots from its platform.

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