WhatsApp
7 storiesWhatsApp is Meta's messaging app. Recent coverage centers on AI built into it: Meta launched Muse, an agent on WhatsApp that can book travel, shop, send emails and take payments via Stripe Link, alongside a Sentinel security agent, then introduced Meta One bundles pairing Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp subscriptions with extra AI usage. Other stories include a free Cloudflare-hosted WhatsApp MCP, Photon's $4.5M seed round for messaging agents, and leaked chatbot instructions.
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An investigation found Netanyahu adviser Yonatan Urich left AI news-monitoring code public on GitHub, including private phone numbers, WhatsApp group IDs and access tokens; purported WhatsApp conversations later appeared online. His lawyers allege unauthorized access. The case highlights security risks in AI-assisted coding and third-party messaging services.
About 80 pages on WhatsApp's website exposed instructions designed for its chatbot, including a "WHAT NOT TO SAY" section, WIRED reported. Meta said a bug caused the issue, highlighting how internal rules for consumer AI assistants can leak unintentionally.
A developer on Hacker News built a single-user MCP that runs free on Cloudflare, letting Claude on mobile access their personal WhatsApp messages. It also connects to Google to retrieve contact names so search works, and is limited to one user because it is both a gray area and very private.
Startup Photon raised $4.5 million in seed funding to help developers build AI agents that run on iMessage, WhatsApp and other messaging platforms. It says it has signed up over 40,000 developers and grew revenue 10x in four months, betting consumers will use agents instead of downloading apps.
Opportunity International's Tim Strong explains how a WhatsApp-based AI tool provides locally relevant planting advice to smallholder farmers, helping them make better decisions and reduce the cost of uncertainty as weather patterns become increasingly unpredictable.
After launching AI assistant Muse, Meta introduced Meta One subscription bundles that pair its app subscriptions (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) with extra AI usage across tiers for individuals, creators, and businesses. Meta says core app experiences remain free and plans to expand bundles over time.
Meta unveiled Muse, an AI agent on WhatsApp that can book travel, shop, send emails, negotiate prices, and accept payments via Stripe Link; a separate Sentinel security agent reviews actions before they reach the internet. This puts Meta ahead of OpenAI, which stopped direct checkout in ChatGPT.
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