All Meta apps, whether Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, or WhatsApp, now feature that multi-colored circle that says AI is in the room. I’ve said more than once that I do not want that sort of ...

It took 11 years since Facebook acquired it for $19 billion, but Meta is finally bringing ads to WhatsApp, marking a major change for an app whose founders shunned advertising ...

At least it was possible to delete that free U2 album that Apple foisted on its customers in 2014; there is no way to remove Meta AI from WhatsApp. I didn’t – don’t – want Meta AI. If I ...

It’s the same in the WhatsApp app (you’ll see the Meta AI logo on the Chats tab), and in the Instagram app (tap the message button, in the top right corner of the home tab, ...

Meta is also hoping to monetize WhatsApp through paid subscriptions and search ads on the app's Channels feature. About 1.5 billion daily users access the Updates tab, which includes Channels and ...

Meta brings ads to WhatsApp By The Associated Press Updated June 17, 2025 4:17 a.m. FILE - A WhatsApp icon is displayed on an iPhone, Nov. 15, 2018, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.