April is about to end, time flies when you’re having fun!

Coffee on the table, prepare to launch for this week…

🤖 They’re Talking “Model Welfare” of AI Models

Anthropic is setting up welfare guidelines for AI models, think emotional safety and respectful prompts. Are we losing it… or just evolving? Either way, the ethics of AI consciousness are officially on the table.

📎 Axios 

🦜 Duolingo in Full AI Boss Mode

Duolingo is now using AI to decide hiring, layoffs, and performance. If you’re not automatable, you’re probably not optimal. Expect fewer humans and more AI tools grading humans in 2025.

📎 NDTV

AI just stole your Creative Job

Adobe MAX 2025 wasn’t just a product showcase, it was a polite slap in the face to anyone who still thinks “creativity” is a human-only job.

Adobe is training the next Picasso and Spielberg… and they run on silicon.

The line between “tool” and “replacement” is getting blurrier. If AI can ideate, design, edit, and publish… what’s left for us? (Maybe sipping coffee while supervising our robot intern?)

📎 Adobe

Bytes From Around the World

1. Beware Deepfakes, “Take It Down Act” is Here

In a major win for digital rights and personal safety, U.S. Congress has passed the “Take It Down Act”, requiring platforms to delete non-consensual AI-generated explicit content within 48 hours of notice.

Translation? If someone creates a deepfake of you without your consent, especially the NSFW kind, platforms will now be legally obligated to take it down fast.

This legislation tackles the fast-growing problem of AI-fueled image abuse, targeting deepfakes and synthetic media that have been notoriously hard to regulate… until now.

📎 TIME

2. IBM’s $150 Billion Bet on U.S. Tech Manufacturing

IBM just went full throttle on American innovation. They’re investing a jaw-dropping $150 billion over the next 15 years to beef up U.S.-based semiconductor production, mainframes, and quantum computing tech.

America is going all-in on tech sovereignty, fewer supply chain hiccups, more homegrown breakthroughs, and a serious commitment to becoming a hardware powerhouse once again.

📎 The Times

3. Toronto Pearson Airport at it… Again!

Travellers across Canada, including Toronto Pearson, faced major customs delays thanks to a nationwide technical outage of the CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency) systems. Self-serve kiosks and eGates stopped working, causing airport lines to look like the iPhone queue circa 2010.

In 2025, our border control is still one software glitch away from becoming a national sleepover party at Gate 33 B.

📎 Insauga

4. Apple Wants to Make All iPhones in India

According to insiders, Apple is aiming to manufacture 1 in every 2 iPhones in India within the next 2 to 3 years, potentially shifting 50% of global iPhone production out of China. This is part of their long-term play to diversify their supply chain, reduce dependency on China, and, let’s be real, avoid geopolitical whiplash.

The Big Byte:

• India currently produces ~7% of all iPhones

• New goal: 50% production in India by 2027

• Apple’s India-made iPhones are already worth $14B in exports

📎 Asia Tech Reviews

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