Tag: Policy change

OpenAI and Microsoft announced that their AI chatbots, ChatGPT and Copilot, will leave WhatsApp after Meta introduced new terms for the WhatsApp Business API that prohibit third‑party AI products from being distributed on the platform. The policy change, effective January 15th, 2026, forces the bots to cease operations on WhatsApp, with OpenAI offering a way for users to preserve chat history while Copilot users have no such option. The shift is expected to trigger additional departures from other AI services, leaving Meta’s own AI as the sole chatbot offering on WhatsApp after the deadline. Leggi di più

YouTube said it will offer a limited pilot program that lets creators whose channels were removed for spreading Covid‑19 or election misinformation in 2020 return to the platform. Alphabet’s lawyers argue the earlier bans were driven by political pressure and that the current community guidelines have evolved. The company framed the change as a commitment to free expression and noted it will stop using third‑party fact‑checkers. Lawmakers, particularly from the House Judiciary Committee, have praised the move as a step back from censorship, while Google continues to face antitrust scrutiny. Leggi di più