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Instagram tightens rules for undisclosed AI-generated profiles, limits reach of non-compliant accounts

Instagram announced Monday that it will begin limiting the reach of accounts featuring AI-generated people that are not clearly labeled as such. The platform is renaming its existing “AI creator” label to “AI-generated profile,” a change the company says will make the disclosure clearer for users. The new label is designed to inform users when […]

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Bitcoin News

US Curbs on Chinese Drones and Robots May Not Overcome China’s Manufacturing Scale

The United States has moved to restrict foreign-made advanced robotics and drones, but industry analysts say China’s manufacturing scale may blunt the impact, likely producing a fragmented global market rather than a clean US-China split. In July and August, Washington tightened rules on foreign robotic systems and imposed steep tariffs on imported drones and components, […]

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Bitcoin News

Cronos halts network after $75M Tectonic exploit; Saylor hints Strategy is back to Bitcoin buying

Cronos, the blockchain network associated with Crypto.com, halted its operations on Sunday after an exploit targeting the decentralized lending protocol Tectonic involved an estimated $75 million. The network was paused while investigators assessed the situation, with most of the affected assets still on-chain at the time of writing. In a separate development, Michael Saylor’s latest […]

Vijay Pande and co-founder Zach Werner in a meeting at VZVC's office
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Vijay Pande on trading a $4B a16z fund for five bets a year — and why biology’s data problem is the real bottleneck

Vijay Pande spent more than a decade building Andreessen Horowitz’s bio fund into a roughly $4 billion practice — then walked away in June 2025 to start something deliberately small. His new firm, VZVC, co-founded with longtime investor Zach Werner, makes only about five investments a year, has no associates, and leans on AI agents […]