New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- Meta seems intent on maintaining its monopoly in the AI chatbot arena on WhatsApp. Ever since the launch of Meta AI, the company has been adding AI features prominently on WhatsApp and other social media platforms it owns without any "kill switch" for users who do not want to interact with them.

​The company also announced earlier this month that it will use conversations with Meta AI to show ads to users across its different platforms.

​In a fresh update, Meta has quietly changed its business API policy on WhatsApp to ban general-purpose AI chatbots on the personal messaging giant. The new policy was published on October 18 and will come into effect from January 15, 2026.

​The move will mean tha...