Meta has quietly turned its friendly AI helpers into another data source for its ad machine, rewriting its Privacy Policy so that conversations with its chatbots can shape what people see on Facebook and Instagram.

The order seeks to secure access to WhatsApp for Meta’s AI competitors while an investigation continues.

Italian regulators ordered Meta on Wednesday to open its WhatsApp chat platform to rival AI chatbots as it and EU authorities pursue a probe that the US tech giant is abusing its dominant market position.

Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, plans to roll out new safety features for its AI chatbots to help protect teens amid growing concerns about the technology’s impact on young users. The social media giant announced Friday it will add ...

Italy’s antitrust authority orders Meta to suspend WhatsApp terms that block rival AI chatbots while it investigates abuse of market power.

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The deal to acquire Singapore-based startup Manus severs all Chinese ownership ties amid escalating U.S.-China competition for AI dominance and talent acquisition.

Meta says it'll keep Manus running independently while weaving its agents into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, where Meta's own chatbot, Meta AI, is already available to users.

The groups specifically called on the FTC to use its authority under the agency’s 2019 consent decree with Meta, as well as Section 5 of the FTC Act, which prohibits unfair or deceptive business practices, to probe the program and suspend the advertising practice.

Italy's antitrust authority (AGCM) on Wednesday ordered Meta Platforms to suspend contractual terms that could shut rival AI chatbots out of WhatsApp, as it investigates the U.S. tech group for suspected abuse of a dominant position.