WhatsApp will now charge AI chatbots to operate in Italy |

11:18 AM PST · January 28, 2026 Meta announced Wednesday that it will charge developers for running chatbots on WhatsApp in regions where regulators are…

A Wikipedia Group Made a Guide to Detect AI Writing. Now a Plug-In Uses It to ‘Humanize’ Chatbots

On Saturday, tech entrepreneur Siqi Chen released an open source plug-in for Anthropic’s Claude Code AI assistant that instructs the AI model to stop writing…

Brazil orders Meta to suspend policy banning third-party AI chatbots from WhatsApp |

4:21 AM PST · January 13, 2026 Brazil’s competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to put on hold its policy that bars third-party AI companies from…

Italy tells Meta to suspend its policy that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp |

6:40 AM PST · December 24, 2025 Italy has ordered Meta to suspend its policy that bans companies from using WhatsApp’s business tools to offer…

Google’s and OpenAI’s Chatbots Can Strip Women in Photos Down to Bikinis

Some users of popular chatbots are generating bikini deepfakes using photos of fully clothed women as their source material. Most of these fake images appear…

People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on ‘Drugs’

Petter Ruddwall knows the idea of AIs becoming sentient and seeking to get high with code-based “drugs” seems “stupid.” But the Swedish creative director couldn’t…

Reddit CEO says chatbots are not a traffic driver |

6:34 AM PDT · October 31, 2025 Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said AI chatbots aren’t a major traffic driver for the social platform despite companies…

WhatsApp changes its terms to bar general-purpose chatbots from its platform |

, /PRNewswire/ — Heron Data, an AI solution that enables lenders and brokers to automate document-heavy workflows and accelerate credit decisions, has partnered with TFS,…

California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots |

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a landmark bill on Monday that regulates AI companion chatbots, making it the first state in the nation to require…

I tested the top 14 AI chatbots for marketers [data, prompts, use cases]

I remember when ChatGPT first launched. The entire marketing community was split on whether they should use AI chatbots or not. Posts about ChatGPT would…