{"id":15080879,"date":"2026-03-26T13:58:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/whatsapp-joins-the-appalling-trend-for-ai-written-replies-to-messages\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T05:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:56:31","slug":"whatsapp-joins-the-appalling-trend-for-ai-written-replies-to-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/whatsapp-joins-the-appalling-trend-for-ai-written-replies-to-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp joins the appalling trend for AI-written replies to messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feat-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-joins-the-appalling-trend-for-AI-written-replies-to-messages.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600\" \/><\/div>\n<p>If there\u2019s one aspect of <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/apple-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Intelligence<\/a> I really detest, it\u2019s the suggested replies to <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/imessage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iMessages<\/a>. Meta is now emulating this with a new update to its Writing Help feature in <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/whatsapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WhatsApp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is that instead of actually replying to our friends with, you know, genuine human communication, we can just have AI send something generic instead \u2026 <\/p>\n<p> <a data-layer-pagetype=\"post\" data-layer-postcategory=\"\" data-layer-viewtype=\"unknown\" data-post-id=\"1045238\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/26\/whatsapp-joins-the-appalling-trend-for-ai-written-replies-to-messages\/#more-1045238\" class=\"more-link\">more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/26\/whatsapp-joins-the-appalling-trend-for-ai-written-replies-to-messages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tech \u2013 Apple \u2013 9 to 5 Mac<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there\u2019s one aspect of Apple Intelligence I really detest, it\u2019s the suggested replies to iMessages. Meta is now emulating this with a new update to its Writing Help feature in WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is that instead of actually replying 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