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This license allows WhatsApp to use, copy, distribute, sublicense, and transfer user-provided information broadly, including creating derivative works, without paying users and without exclusivity restrictions on the user.
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Meta offered rival AI chatbots free access to the WhatsApp Business API for one month in the European Economic Area. This follows EU regulatory pressure under the Digital Markets Act. The outcome of ongoing negotiations will determine whether third-party AI chatbot access becomes permanent, paid, or restricted.
View change record →The reader grants WhatsApp broad rights over information they provide, including the right to sublicense and transfer those rights to others, at no cost to WhatsApp.
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This license allows WhatsApp to use, copy, distribute, sublicense, and transfer user-provided information broadly, including creating derivative works, without paying users and without exclusivity restrictions on the user.
The reader grants WhatsApp broad rights over information they provide, including the right to sublicense and transfer those rights to others, at no cost to WhatsApp.
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