Meta Opens WhatsApp to Rival AI Chatbots in Brazil
Meta will allow third-party AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Brazil through its Business API after a ruling by the country’s antitrust regulator.
Meta will allow third-party AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Brazil through its Business API after a ruling by the country’s antitrust regulator.
Broadcom expects artificial intelligence chip sales to surpass $100 billion by 2027 as demand surges from major technology companies building AI infrastructure.
Meta will allow rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Europe for one year via the WhatsApp Business API, responding to pressure from EU antitrust regulators.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance at Prada’s Milan Fashion Week show has sparked speculation about a potential Prada-branded version of Meta’s AI glasses. The company has not confirmed any collaboration.
Two more founding members of Thinking Machines Lab have joined Meta, highlighting ongoing talent departures from the $12 billion AI startup.
Irina Bodnar says Anthropic’s Claude and Meta-backed Manus introduced features that disrupted her AI ad startup Ryze AI, triggering a pivot and raising questions about startup survival in the age of AI giants.
Meta plans to buy up to $100 billion in AMD GPUs and CPUs, issuing performance-based warrants as it ramps AI data centers and diversifies compute infrastructure.
Nvidia reports earnings amid robust AI chip demand, with $630B Big Tech spending supporting growth, though competition from in-house chips poses risks.
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are expected to spend $650 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026, up from $410 billion in 2025, highlighting rapid scaling amid compute demand.
The European Parliament has disabled built-in AI tools on official devices, citing cybersecurity and privacy risks associated with uploading sensitive data to cloud services.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the creator of the viral AI agent OpenClaw is joining the company, while the project will continue as an open source initiative supported by OpenAI.
Apple confronts rising memory chip prices as iPhone demand surges, weighing whether to raise prices or absorb costs, a choice that could reshape the global smartphone market.
Meta launches a standalone Vibes app for AI-generated videos, offering creation, remixing, and sharing tools, with upcoming freemium subscriptions planned.
Pinterest CEO Bill Ready dismissed engineers who built an internal tool to track company layoffs, citing privacy violations and obstruction of company operations.
Oracle aims to raise $50 billion via equity and debt to fund AI infrastructure and data-center growth, easing investor concerns about financing its OpenAI partnerships.