Apple WWDC 2025 📱, When the Job Ladder Disappears One Rung at a Time 🪜💼

When the Job Ladder Disappears One Rung at a Time

Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, warns that up to 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs could quietly disappear in the next 5 years — not with mass layoffs, but with hiring freezes. As workers leave, AI will silently take their place. No headlines, no backlash — just an empty desk where a new career would’ve begun.

The concern isn’t just job loss. It’s opportunity loss. Without entry-level roles, how do the next generation climb? The career ladder isn’t being kicked away — it’s being quietly dismantled.

Amodei proposes transparency, regulation, and even a 3% “token tax” from AI companies to support those displaced. But if governments wait too long to steer the train, we may find we’ve automated away not just tasks — but futures.

The real revolution won’t be televised. It’ll be invisible. Unless we choose to look.

💬 OpenAI Developments

OpenAI eyes India for AI infrastructure partnership

OpenAI is in early-stage discussions with the Indian government to build out local AI infrastructure—including data centers—under its "OpenAI for Countries" initiative, mirroring its partnership strategy similar to the UAE deal . Additionally, it has launched the OpenAI Academy in collaboration with India's MeitY and IndiaAI Mission to upskill developers and support the local AI ecosystem.

🚀 Tech Industry Moves

At WWDC 2025, Apple announced that iOS 26 will bring its AI-powered Visual Intelligence to the iPhone screen, enabling users to interact with on-screen content more efficiently. By pressing the screenshot button, users can perform actions like image searches, create calendar events, or send screenshots to ChatGPT for analysis. The feature works across apps and allows developers to integrate search capabilities using App Intents, enhancing how users visually interact with their favorite apps through Apple Intelligence.

At WWDC 2025, Apple introduced the Foundation Models framework, enabling developers to use its on-device AI models offline as part of Apple Intelligence. This allows apps to deliver smart, privacy-focused features without relying on cloud services or incurring API costs. The framework supports Swift and offers easy integration with just a few lines of code, including capabilities like guided generation and tool calling. Apps like Kahoot, Day One, and AllTrails are already leveraging it, with the framework available now for developers and a public beta launching next month.

Hugging Face has unveiled two affordable, open-source humanoid robots—HopeJR, a full-size model with 66 degrees of freedom priced at approximately $3,000, and Reachy Mini, a compact desktop version able to speak, listen, and move priced at around $250–$300—both slated for release by the end of 2025 . These modular robots, powered by community-driven hardware and software transparency, mark a major move toward democratizing robotics beyond large corporations by leveraging the expertise from Hugging Face’s acquisition of Pollen Robotics

Barclays has partnered with Microsoft to deploy Microsoft 365 Copilot to 100,000 employees globally, integrating it into the bank’s in‑house productivity platform to centralize AI-powered tools such as a Colleague AI Agent, semantic content search, and a smart dashboard via Microsoft Viva for streamlined workflows like booking travel and HR tasks . The move builds on a successful 15,000-user pilot and reflects Barclays’ ambition to enhance efficiency and user experience while deepening its strategic relationship with Microsoft in enterprise generative AI

Microsoft: Builder.ai, a London-based startup backed by Microsoft, touted an AI chatbot named “Natasha” that promised app development at the click of a button—but it turned out the company employed nearly 700 engineers in India to manually handle customer interactions and code apps behind the scenes . The revelation led to Builder.ai’s bankruptcy, massive debt to cloud providers, a fraud investigation, and renewed scrutiny as a high-profile example of “AI washing”

NVIDIA is partnering across Europe — notably in the UK, Sweden, Germany, and France — to build sovereign AI infrastructure, launch training programs, and establish AI labs and industry forums, aiming to turn European nations into “AI makers, not AI takers” . Highlighting this push, the UK government pledged around £1 billion in compute capacity and will train 100,000 developers by 2030, while cloud providers like Nscale and Nebius deploy thousands of Blackwell GPUs to serve academia, public services, and startups

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared at London Tech Week on June 9, 2025, that programming AI now mirrors training a human—using natural language prompts like “you are an incredible poet” and refining output via feedback—making "human" the new programming language and democratizing computing for non-coders . He also emphasized that this shift transforms AI into “the great equalizer,” as anyone—from farmers to educators—can now effectively interact with and leverage advanced technology without learning traditional code.

Anthropic quietly discontinued its “Claude Explains” blog just a week after launching it—shutting down the site and redirecting the URL—despite initial plans for it to showcase AI-generated, expert-reviewed technical content . The shutdown appears driven by criticism over transparency and accuracy concerns, reflecting broader caution amid growing scrutiny of AI-generated marketing content.

Humanoid (A UK-based startup) has released a teaser video for its HMND 01 alpha prototype, a modular humanoid robot (175 cm tall, ~70 kg) designed to navigate both wheeled and bipedal configurations, walk at up to 1.5 m/s, and carry payloads of about 15 kg—aiming at practical pick-and-place roles in logistics, retail, and manufacturing later this year . By prioritizing real-world deployment over lab demos, the company seeks to drive down total cost of ownership with a scalable, market-ready design that targets industries facing labor shortages .

💡 WWDC 2025: Everything Apple announced

Year-based OS naming & Liquid Glass design: Apple is transitioning to year-based labels (iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26) and introducing “Liquid Glass,” a translucent, dynamic UI aesthetic across its entire ecosystem

iOS 26 app overhauls: Camera, Safari, and Phone apps receive major UI revamps. Safari goes full-screen, Camera gets simplified, and Phone combines Favorites, Recents, and Voicemail into a unified interface

Enhanced multitasking on iPadOS 26: Users can resize and rearrange multiple app windows, access a Mac-style pointer and menu bar, and enjoy new apps like Preview

Messages improvements: The app now supports custom chat backgrounds, group polls, typing indicators, Apple Cash within group chats, and separate folders for unknown senders

New Games app: A centralized Games hub combining Apple Arcade, multiplayer sync, friends’ activity, and all installed games

macOS Tahoe 26 upgrades: Adds personalized Spotlight filters, support for iPhone’s Live Activities, and new features from iPhone and Games

visionOS 26 enhancements: Includes PS VR2 controller support and gaze-based scrolling/navigation

On‑screen Visual Intelligence: Apple Intelligence now works directly with on-screen content via a screenshot-like command to search, analyze, shop, or create calendar events

watchOS 26 features: Introduces a “wrist flick” gesture to dismiss notifications and an AI-powered Workout Buddy

Live translation: Brings real-time voice and text translation to Phone, Messages, and FaceTime—all on-device for privacy

AirPods photo control & improved audio isolation: AirPods can now remotely trigger your iPhone’s camera and offer enhanced voice isolation

Developer access to on‑device AI (Foundation Models): Apple opened its on-device AI models to third-party apps, enabling offline, privacy-centric smart features

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