OpenAI has announced that users can now generate images on WhatsApp. Users can text ChatGPT through the number 1800 242 8478 and ask the AI bot to create an image. Based on LifestyleTech's check, the process takes about two minutes.

You can now create and modify images using ChatGPT’s AI chops inside WhatsApp without having to use the ChatGPT app at all. WhatsApp, the MetaAI-owned messaging app, caused more than a little controversy recently when it added a new Meta AI button to its interface that was impossible to remove.

End-to-end encryption is still guaranteed, and Meta also said that if users only use the app to call or message their contacts, there will be “no change to [the] experience at all,” though for many, this promise simply isn’t enough.

A simple prompt in the Meta AI text box allows people to get a near-accurate picturisation of what they had in mind. However, not everyone knows how to access the feature or use it properly to make the most out of it.

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Will Cathcart, head of Meta's subsidiary, announced the launch of WhatsApp channels with subscriptions and advertising. He says the rollout of artificial intelligence does not compromise the privacy of encrypted messaging.

After the tech giant announced it would begin to include ads in WhatsApp’s Updates tab, which is used by roughly 1.5 million people per day, Signal president Meredith Whittaker took to X to lure users to her messaging tool: “Use Signal,” she wrote. “We promise, no AI clutter, no surveillance ads—whatever the rest of the industry does.”

Mark Zuckerberg is on a roll, and he’s not slowing down. Back in April, Meta Platforms (META) delivered a blockbuster Q1, with a $42.32 billion revenue haul, up 16%, driven by AI-powered ad growth. The momentum seems to be going strong throughout Q2,

Staying in the AI race is crucial for Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft, with the technology likely to be the future for the industry.

No time to scroll through long WhatsApp chats? Ask Meta AI to summarize them for you.As reported by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is testing a new "Summarize with Meta AI" feature for individual and group chats on Android.