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If you were one of the few people who used Copilot inside WhatsApp to solve quick doubts, write messages or simply play with prompts, start saying goodbye because on January 15 it will stop working. It is not because nobody used it, but because Meta is going to prohibit third-party bots from continuing to operate on its platform. And this drags everyone, Copilot, ChatGPT and any other conversational assistant that is not theirs. So, they are clear about it, if someone wants AI in WhatsApp, they will have to use the app’s own AI. Only their own AI fits During 2024 and part of 2025 we saw how WhatsApp filled up with bots, experiments and assistants that could talk to you as if you were chatting with any contact, and it was strange, like there were many stimuli in the same platform, very fun. But now Meta wants to change everything and does not want external conversational models inside the app, because they will only allow AI that manages external services, not assistants that live inside the chat and compete for attention. Microsoft is leaving because they are being forced Microsoft published a statement explaining that Meta was “banning” it

Meta continues to expand WhatsApp with a steady stream of updates and while most people rely on it daily for basic messaging, the app has quietly gained a suite of advanced features that often go unnoticed. From managing multiple accounts to translating chats on the fly, here are some of the most useful tools now built directly into WhatsApp. Share photos at higher quality automatically While messaging apps often compress media to save bandwidth, WhatsApp now offers an option to send and receive photos in high quality by default. Users can still tap the HD icon when sending individual images, but changing the default setting ensures all photos and videos are shared in the best possible quality. This can be enabled under Settings > Storage and data > Media upload quality, followed by selecting HD quality for both upload and auto-download preferences. It results in better-looking images, though it does require more storage space. Secure your account with Passkeys WhatsApp now supports passkey authentication, adding a significant layer of security for users worried about device theft or unauthorised access. Passkeys use biometric verification to ensure only the account owner can complete setup on a new device. To activate this protection

WhatsApp Discord and Teams all consume more RAM at a time when RAM prices are on the rise Some of the most popular apps in Windows 11 use so much RAM that they can impact your PC performance, and the fact that RAM prices are soaring high makes matters even worse. The issue is due to the trend of developers preferring web apps instead of native apps on Windows. Very recently, Windows Latest reported how RAM-intensive apps like Discord, Teams, and the new WhatsApp are, even while in the background. The common factor here is that these are communication-centric apps, and as you’d expect, they need to be kept alive even when you’re not using them. However, our testing proved that native versions of the apps (like the old WhatsApp) were not consuming a lot of RAM. These are some of the most used apps in Windows, regardless of what domain people are in. So, why don’t these apps have native versions? Is it that difficult for these companies to build native and optimized versions for the most popular desktop operating system? The worst RAM offenders on Windows 11 There hasn’t been a more relevant time to talk about RAM

Former police officer Wade Milyard started Fresh Step Laundry to serve the homeless Wade Milyard heard the voice from “out of nowhere” and knew he needed to listen—he thought it was God, or some other higher power, calling him into action. It started a few years ago when the former canine officer for the Frederick Police Department in Maryland was responding to a domestic dispute at a homeless camp. Soon after he investigated the disturbance, the voice rang out. “Ask them about their laundry…” Milyard heeded the voice, asked the question, and unknowingly set the course for a prayer-fulfilling future. The homeless couple he interviewed told him they typically washed their laundry in a nearby creek. The cop never forgot that response, nor his call to service. He pooled multiple donations with some of his own money and went to work creating a full service laundromat on wheels. Fresh Step Laundry was born—with a mission “to help restore dignity to the unhoused community by providing free, accessible, and hygienic laundry.” Bus conversion by Fresh Step Laundry Since retiring from the police force in January, the 45-year-old has been traveling around his Maryland city, which is near D.C., making a difference—one

Last week, I reported that ChatGPT and Copilot are removing their services from WhatsApp due to a change in Meta's policy. That policy is now under scrutiny in the European Union. The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation to find out if Meta's rules are hurting the competition. In case you missed it, Meta has updated its terms and conditions, which forbids AI companies from using WhatsApp's Business API to distribute their services. WhatsApp will allow businesses to use AI tools for providing support or ancillary functions like automated customer support, but third-party AI services are pretty much banned. This policy comes into effect on January 15, 2026. Microsoft and OpenAI have announced that Copilot and ChatGPT will no longer be accessible in the popular messaging app due to the new rules. The European Commission is concerned about the situation. A press release from the Commission says, "As a result of the new policy, competing AI providers may be blocked from reaching their customers through WhatsApp. On the other hand, Meta's own AI service 'Meta AI' would remain accessible to users on the platform." The Wall Street Journal reports that a Meta spokesperson said that the commission's claims are

NJ Convery, Bobbi Huyton and Abi Smitton BBC News Investigations Watch the BBC confront Anil Ahmed, 34, who buys driving instructors' login details and then sells tests online at a mark-up. He says the claims we put to him are a "complete fabrication" Driving instructors are being offered kickbacks of up to £250 a month to sell their official test-booking login details to touts, a BBC investigation has found. Touts use these login details to book driving tests in bulk and sell them to learners on WhatsApp and Facebook, charging as much as £500 for tests that should cost no more than £75. This makes it harder for learners to book through legitimate routes and adds to already lengthy waiting times. The BBC has also uncovered evidence that the outgoing head of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Loveday Ryder, was told about these operations in February - yet some sellers reported to the DVSA are still operating. In response, the DVSA said it does not comment on specific complaints but has zero tolerance for those exploiting learner drivers. We have identified touts operating in London, Birmingham, Manchester and the Home Counties. Posing as driving instructors, we approached them

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In brief The European Commission launched an antitrust investigation into Meta's policy which blocks AI providers from using WhatsApp's business tools to offer chatbots when AI is the primary service. Meta's policy change allows its own Meta AI to remain accessible on WhatsApp while potentially shutting out competitors from reaching customers through the messaging platform. The probe covers the entire European Economic Area except Italy, investigating whether the company violated competition rules prohibiting abuse of dominant market positions. Europe's competition regulator has opened a formal investigation into tech giant Meta over policy changes that allow the company's own AI chatbot to operate on WhatsApp while blocking rivals from doing the same. The European Commission announced Thursday it's examining whether Meta violated antitrust rules by effectively reserving WhatsApp's AI chatbot access for itself.  The action targets updated business terms WhatsApp rolled out in late October, which ban third-party AI companies from distributing chatbots through the messaging app when AI is their core offering. Under the updated WhatsApp Business Solution Terms, AI providers are "strictly prohibited" from using the business API when AI technologies are "the primary (rather than incidental or ancillary) functionality being made available for use."  “The Commission is concerned

MedPal AI (MPAL),  the UK based digital health and AI company, has reported strong growth in pharmacy revenues for November 2025. The company has also launched an AI powered triage service on WhatsApp using Google's Vertex AI and put in place an At The Market (ATM) equity issuance facility of up to £2 million with Clear Capital. MedPal Limited's online pharmacy, MedPal Pharmacy, is now registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and supported by a Clinical Services team of Independent Prescribers. In November 2025, it processed 28,789 prescription orders at an average item value of £9.72, generating about £280,000 of revenue and delivering more than 90% month on month growth, driven by the NHS Distance Selling Pharmacy contract and the private weight loss service via MedPal.clinic. The company has deployed Google's Vertex AI to power clinical triage via a dedicated WhatsApp Business number (07300 100 600), using proprietary machine learning models trained on clinical data. MedPal.clinic now offers patients free 24/7 WhatsApp access to AI driven assessment, intelligent triage, escalation to prescribing clinicians and full medication fulfilment, initially focused on weight loss, including GLP 1 therapies, with planned expansion into men's health, women's health, dermatology and respiratory care. On 3 December

--The European Union's antitrust authorities are set to launch an investigation into social-media giant Meta Platforms relating to the use of artificial-intelligence features on its messaging service WhatsApp, the Financial Times reports, citing unnamed sources. --The probe by the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, could be announced over the coming days, the FT reports. --Spokespeople for the commission declined to respond to the FT. Meta declined to comment on the probe. Full story: https://shorturl.at/mFzw4 Write to Joshua Kirby at joshua.kirby@wsj.com; @joshualeokirby (END) Dow Jones Newswires December 04, 2025 02:33 ET (07:33 GMT) Copyright (c) 2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. The articles, information, and content displayed on this webpage may include materials prepared and provided by third parties. Such third-party content is offered for informational purposes only and is not endorsed, reviewed, or verified by Morningstar. Morningstar makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or reliability of any third-party content displayed on this site. The views and opinions expressed in third-party content are those of the respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Morningstar, its affiliates, or employees. Morningstar is not responsible for any errors, omissions, or delays in this content, nor for