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OpenAI is being forced to shut down ChatGPT bot on WhatsApp for billions of users and it has no say in this decision. Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp and Instagram, has decided to stop letting third-party apps offer AI assistants through bots. This is part of the company’s broader change in policies for use of bots which comes into effect from January 15, 2026.

Meta has noticed that most of the Businesses using its app API have devised ways to integrate their AI assistant that serves the general users. This is a big jolt for ChatGPT and Perplexity among others who have offered their WhatsApp bots to make the features widely available.

ChatGPT Bot To Go Away: What Now?

OpenAI is making people aware about this change coming in 2026 and has even realised tha

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