UPI underdogs seek fair play; WhatsApp tightens scam defencesSmaller UPI players will meet NPCI to curb the growth of industry leaders PhonePe, Google Pay and Paytm. This and more in today’s ETtech To...
29 Apr, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: How Meta's Muse Spark fares against Anthropic's Opus, OpenAI's GPT, Google's Gemini modelsMuse Spark is the first model from the Meta Superintelligence Labs. It is a natively multimodal, reasoning-focussed AI model, designed to p...
09 Apr, 2026, 09.46 PM IST
Why Meta stock is rallying after Muse Spark launch? Here's what investors need to know about Meta's new AI modelMuse Spark AI model impact on Meta stock: Meta Platforms shares surged following the unveiling of its new AI model, Muse Spark. The company...
08 Apr, 2026, 11.33 PM IST
Meta opens WhatsApp Business API to AI chatbots in Europe amid EU antitrust scrutinyThe move comes after the European Commission last month told Meta it was considering temporary measures to prevent the company from enforci...
05 Mar, 2026, 10.38 PM IST
Meta to allow AI rivals on WhatsApp in bid to stave off EU actionThe European Commission, the EU's competition enforcer, last month threatened interim measures to prevent potential serious and irreparable...
05 Mar, 2026, 05.56 PM IST
EU warns Meta it must open up WhatsApp to rival AI chatbotsCompetition chief Teresa Ribera said the EU was "considering quickly imposing interim measures on Meta, to preserve access for competitors ...
09 Feb, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
Meta to exclude Italy from rival chatbot ban on WhatsAppMeta Platforms will exclude Italy from its ban on rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp following an order from the country's antitrust authority, ...
12 Jan, 2026, 10.50 PM IST
WhatsApp to roll out local billing for business users later this yearWhatsApp is introducing local billing in India and Brazil by the second half of 2026. This move will allow businesses to pay in rupees, eli...
01 Jan, 2026, 08.01 AM IST
Meta bans general-purpose AI chatbots from WhatsApp Business platformEffective January 15, 2026, the move will impact AI companies, including OpenAI, Perplexity, Luzia, and Poke, which use WhatsApp to deliver...
19 Oct, 2025, 12.41 PM IST
Meta is in a spot of bother as ChatGPT comes to WhatsAppChatGPT creator OpenAI has launched its own WhatsApp account. This is likely to impact Meta AI’s reach, especially in markets such as India...
24 Dec, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Why ChatGPT, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp services were downFacebook Whatsapp Instagram Outage: OpenAI's ChatGPT and Meta's platforms faced a significant outage. Millions of users were unable to acce...
12 Dec, 2024, 11.14 AM IST
Abhijit Bose plans to ‘rejoin entrepreneurial world’ after quitting MetaAbhijit Bose, who was heading WhatsApp in India said he will soon make an announcement about his future endeavors.
15 Nov, 2022, 10.33 PM IST
Airtel IQ to host hackathon in partnership with WhatsAppThe hackathon with a prize pool of Rs 1 crore, will close applications on October 9 with a mega finale on December 1 after participants are...
22 Sep, 2022, 06.47 PM IST
Mark Zuckerberg announces new partnership with SalesforceAs part of the pilot for the integration, L’Oréal group brands will use WhatsApp.
20 Sep, 2022, 09.18 PM IST
WhatsApp announces 'expanded partnership' with Salesforce"We want more people to benefit from faster, richer interactions, and we continue to invest in ways to make it quick and easy for businesse...
20 Sep, 2022, 06.08 PM IST
WhatsApp to launch free cloud API service, premium features to attract businessesBusinesses would not be able to message people on WhatsApp unless they have requested to be contacted.
23 May, 2022, 08.24 AM IST
WhatsApp launches cloud-based tools, premium features for small and medium-sized businessesSpeaking separately to ET, Matthew Idema, the VP of business messaging at Meta said while the company has had the small business app and it...
20 May, 2022, 07.51 AM IST