Forget Meta AI WhatsApp now lets you talk directly to Perplexity and ChatGPT in the app, heres how

Date:
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:04:53 +0000

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Perplexity AI and ChatGPT are now available in WhatsApp, and you just need to add a number to start talking.

FULL STORY ======================================================================You can now talk to Perplexity AI from within WhatsApp Perplexity joins Meta AI and ChatGPT inside the app The move raises privacy concerns after comments from Perplexitys CEO

If you regularly converse with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots , it might seem like a natural move to talk to them inside your favorite messaging app. Well, youve just gained a new option, as youre now able to chat with Perplexity AI directly within WhatsApp .

To get started, all you have to do is add the following number within WhatsApp: +1 (833) 436-3285. Once that number is in your list of contacts,
you can chat with Perplexity AI till your hearts content.

Announcing the move on X , Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said that youll
be able to get answers, sources, image generation from your WhatsApp chats, with a lot more features coming soon.

In a video accompanying the post on X, Srinivas asked Perplexity what they would look like if they were bald, then attached a headshot of themselves to the question. Perplexity replied with a doctored image of Srinivas with a
bald head. ChatGPT in WhatsApp (Image credit: OpenAI)

Perplexity is just the latest AI chatbot to be added to WhatsApp. Meta, which owns WhatsApp, has added its own Meta AI tool to the app in the form of a permanent button in the lower-right corner. This gives you quick access to
the companys AI but also means you might accidentally trigger it since you cant hide the icon .

If youd rather your AI conversations appeared in your list of chats like
those with living, human contacts, there are other options besides
Perplexity. For instance, ChatGPT has recently become available in WhatsApp , and it can be contacted by adding the number +1 (800) 242-8478 to the app.

That said, you might have second thoughts about using a tool like Perplexity based on recent comments from its CEO. According to TechCrunch , Srinivas
said Perplexity wants to build its upcoming Comet browser so that it can collect extensive data on its users, then sell that personal information to the highest bidder.

If that concerns you, you might want to think twice about feeding Perplexitys WhatsApp AI with your personal questions. You might also like I tried Perplexitys Deep Research and it doesn't quite live up to ChatGPT's research potential From ChatGPT to NotebookLM, these are the 10 best free AI productivity tools to help you get things done ChatGPT just powered-up search for everyone, here are all the new features



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