# India has emerged as the largest user base of the Meta AI chatbot on WhatsApp.

*genai · news · 2026-05-13 · The Economic Times*

## Key points

- India is now the largest user base for Meta AI chatbot on WhatsApp globally.
- WhatsApp's new incognito mode uses AMD CPUs and Nvidia H100 GPUs for private processing.
- Meta's incognito chats are end-to-end encrypted, and Meta cannot access or train on this data.
- As of January 2026, Meta banned third-party AI chatbots from operating on its WhatsApp platform.
- The incognito privacy feature currently limits Meta's ability to directly improve its AI models.

**Companies:** Meta Inc
**Countries:** India

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