
After Italy, WhatsApp excludes Brazil from rival chatbot ban
WhatsApp has exempted Brazil from its ban on third-party AI chatbots following regulatory scrutiny, allowing rival chatbots to continue operating in the country.
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WhatsApp has exempted Brazil from its ban on third-party AI chatbots following regulatory scrutiny, allowing rival chatbots to continue operating in the country.

US senators have asked major tech platforms, including X, Meta, and Alphabet, to explain how they are addressing the spread of nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes.

Meta is reportedly cutting about 10% of its Reality Labs workforce as it shifts resources from VR and the metaverse toward AI and AR.

Meta has appointed former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chairman, adding a senior executive with deep government and finance experience to its leadership team.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced Meta Compute, a new initiative to massively expand the company’s AI infrastructure and energy capacity to support future generative AI development.

Brazil’s competition authority has ordered Meta to suspend WhatsApp's policies that block third-party AI chatbots and has opened an investigation into potential anti-competitive behaviour.

Meta has signed three major nuclear power agreements totalling more than 6 gigawatts to supply electricity to its growing network of AI-driven data centres across the United States.

Meta is internally testing in-message games for Threads, starting with a basketball mini-game in chats.

Meta has paused international plans for its Ray-Ban Display smart glasses due to high demand and limited supply.

Meta continues workforce cuts in the United States as the company restructures operations and increases investment in artificial intelligence in 2026.

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