For the first time since launching in 2009, WhatsApp will now show users advertisements. The ads are “rolling out gradually,” the company said. For now, the ads will only appear on WhatsApp’s Updates ...

Tech giant Meta announced on Wednesday that it will start using data from user interactions with its AI chatbot and other AI products to provide hyper-targeted ads across its social media platforms.

Chatbots might hallucinate and sprinkle too much flattery on their users — “That’s a fascinating question!” one recently told me — but at least the subscription model that underpins them is healthy ...

They will appear in only one part of the Meta-owned messaging service, it said. The move is potentially lucrative, while raising questions about user privacy. By Eli Tan and Mike Isaac Reporting from ...

The world is grappling with increasingly complex social challenges—challenges that no single organization or individual can solve alone. Climate change, healthcare access, education reform and clean ...