This Week in Enterprise Tech, Week 66

This Week in Enterprise Tech, Week 70

In Podcast Episode 70 of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office: 1. Perplexity and OpenAI Start the AI Browser Wars 2. EU AI Act Finally Gets a Code of Practice 3. FlexOlmo Controls AI Access to Creator Data 4. Research Says AI is Clearly Increasing And/Or Decreasing Dev Productivity. 5. Is Meta Short for Metastatic Culture? 6. Is Grok a Superintelligence, MechaHitler, or Both? 7. Apple Celebrates Supply Chain Excellence as COO Steps Down 8. RIP, IBM Almaden: Birthplace of the Hard Drive & Relational DB Sources: Perplexity and OpenAI Start the AI Browser Wars Perplexity.ai [http://perplexity.ai]: https://comet.perplexity.ai/#values [https://comet.perplexity.ai/#values]  The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/news/704162/opeani-ai-web-browser-chatgpt [https://www.theverge.com/news/704162/opeani-ai-web-browser-chatgpt]  EU AI Act Finally Gets a Code of Practice European Commission Press Release: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1787 [https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1787] EU AI Code of Conduct: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/contents-code-gpai [https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/contents-code-gpai]  FlexOlmo Controls AI Access to Creator Data Wired: https://link.wired.com/public/40617345 [https://link.wired.com/public/40617345]  Research Says AI is Clearly Increasing And/Or Decreasing Dev Productivity METR: https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/ [https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/]  Amazon: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/business-value-of-developer-experience-improvements-amazons-15-9-breakthrough/ [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/business-value-of-developer-experience-improvements-amazons-15-9-breakthrough/]  Is Meta Short for Metastatic Culture? The Information: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-ai-researcher-warns-metastatic-cancer-afflicting-company-culture [https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-ai-researcher-warns-metastatic-cancer-afflicting-company-culture]  Is Grok a Superintelligence, MechaHitler, or Both? Tom’s Guide: https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/grok-4-is-here-elon-musk-says-its-the-same-model-physicists-use [https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/grok-4-is-here-elon-musk-says-its-the-same-model-physicists-use]  Apple Celebrates Supply Chain Excellence as COO Steps Down Apple: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/07/apple-announces-chief-operating-officer-transition/ [https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/07/apple-announces-chief-operating-officer-transition/]  RIP to IBM Almaden: Birthplace of the Hard Drive & Relational DB The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/10/ibm_almaden_research_center/ [https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/10/ibm_almaden_research_center/]  This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo [https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesaraujo] of The DX Report [https://www.thedxreport.com/] and Hyoun Park [https://www.linkedin.com/in/hyounpark] of Amalgam Insights [https://www.amalgaminsights.com]

This Week in Enterprise Tech, Week 69

In Podcast Episode 69 of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office: 1. Cloudflare Charges Web Crawlers for Access 2. AI Agents Call the APIs, But Will They Work? 3. Agents Screw Up Business Tasks 70% of the Time 4. Potemkin AI: Don’t Believe the Hype 5. In Chess, ChatGPT Vs. Atari 2600 is No Contest 6. The Latest Overused AI Buzzword: Superintelligence 7. Flexera Finds Millions Being Spent on SaaS Visibility 8. On-Prem Data Center Utilization Down to 34% 9. CS Education Must Change in the AI Era Sources: Cloudflare Charges Web Crawlers for Access Cloudflare: https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-pay-per-crawl/ [https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-pay-per-crawl/] Marketing Tech: https://www.marketingtechnews.net/news/cloudflare-launches-pay-per-crawl-to-help-sites-monetise-ai-access/ [https://www.marketingtechnews.net/news/cloudflare-launches-pay-per-crawl-to-help-sites-monetise-ai-access/] AI Agents Call the APIs, But Will They Work? VentureBeat: https://venturebeat.com/ai/enterprise-giants-atlassian-intuit-and-aws-are-planning-for-a-world-where-agents-call-the-apis/ [https://venturebeat.com/ai/enterprise-giants-atlassian-intuit-and-aws-are-planning-for-a-world-where-agents-call-the-apis/] TWIET on Gibberlink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDo4-0ZNHEY&t=2710s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDo4-0ZNHEY&t=2710s] Gibberlink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtNagNezo8w [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtNagNezo8w] Agents Screw Up Business Tasks 70% of the Time The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/29/ai_agents_fail_a_lot/ [https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/29/ai_agents_fail_a_lot/] Arxiv: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.14161 [https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.14161] Potemkin AI: Don’t Believe the Hype Arxiv: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.21521 [https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.21521] In Chess, ChatGPT Vs. Atari 2600 is No Contest Robert Jr. Caruso’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robert-jr-caruso-23080180_last-episode-the-atari-2600-blew-up-chatgpt-activity-7345180141079175169-wSCk [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robert-jr-caruso-23080180_last-episode-the-atari-2600-blew-up-chatgpt-activity-7345180141079175169-wSCk] The Latest Overused AI Buzzword: Superintelligence Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-03/what-does-superintelligence-mean [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-03/what-does-superintelligence-mean] Flexera Finds Millions Being Spent on SaaS Visibility  CIO Dive: https://www.ciodive.com/news/saas-costs-climb-despite-finops-itam-flexera/752233/ [https://www.ciodive.com/news/saas-costs-climb-despite-finops-itam-flexera/752233/] On-Prem Data Center Utilization Down to 34% CIO Dive: https://www.ciodive.com/news/hyperscale-ai-infrastructure-eclipses-enterprise-data-center-capacity-srg/751744/ [https://www.ciodive.com/news/hyperscale-ai-infrastructure-eclipses-enterprise-data-center-capacity-srg/751744/] CS Education Must Change in the AI Era New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/technology/computer-science-education-ai.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/technology/computer-science-education-ai.html] This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo [https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesaraujo] of The DX Report [https://www.thedxreport.com/] and Hyoun Park [https://www.linkedin.com/in/hyounpark] of Amalgam Insights [https://www.amalgaminsights.com]

This Week in Enterprise Tech, Week 68

In Podcast Episode 68 of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office: 1. Agentforce 3: Salesforce’s Fastest Trilogy Ever? 2. The New York Times Forces OpenAI to Be Less Governed  3. Anthropic + Meta Get Mixed Ruling on Content Use 4. Google Prepares for the Future with… CLI? 5. SAP Shifts AI Pricing Strategy 6. Fed Chair Jerome Powell Weighs In On AI 7. Nothing Better Than the Real Thing: ChatGPT vs. Microsoft Copilot! Sources: Agentforce 3: Salesforce’s Fastest Trilogy Ever? Salesforce Announcement: https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2025/06/23/agentforce-3-announcement/ [https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2025/06/23/agentforce-3-announcement/]  CIODive: https://www.ciodive.com/news/Salesforce-Agentforce-update-enterprise-customer-pepsico/751516/ [https://www.ciodive.com/news/Salesforce-Agentforce-update-enterprise-customer-pepsico/751516/]  The New York Times Forces OpenAI to Be Less Governed  EFF: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/copyright-cases-should-not-threaten-chatbot-users-privacy [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/copyright-cases-should-not-threaten-chatbot-users-privacy]  Anthropic + Meta Get Mixed Ruling on Content Use EFF: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/two-courts-rule-generative-ai-and-fair-use-one-gets-it-right [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/two-courts-rule-generative-ai-and-fair-use-one-gets-it-right]  Mintz: https://insights.mintz.com/post/102kpvb/bartz-v-anthropic-what-the-ruling-means-for-businesses-using-ai [https://insights.mintz.com/post/102kpvb/bartz-v-anthropic-what-the-ruling-means-for-businesses-using-ai]  Google Prepares for the Future with… CLI? DevClass: https://devclass.com/2025/06/25/google-positions-itself-for-next-decade-of-ai-as-gemini-cli-arrives-with-generous-free-tier/ [https://devclass.com/2025/06/25/google-positions-itself-for-next-decade-of-ai-as-gemini-cli-arrives-with-generous-free-tier/]  SAP Shifts AI Pricing Strategy CIO.com: https://www.cio.com/article/4014135/saps-rise-rebrand-conceals-cost-changes.html [https://www.cio.com/article/4014135/saps-rise-rebrand-conceals-cost-changes.html]  Fed Chair Jerome Powell Weighs In On AI The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/powell_ai_coming_for_your_job/ [https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/powell_ai_coming_for_your_job/]  Nothing Better Than the Real Thing: ChatGPT vs. Microsoft Copilot Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/chatgpt-vs-copilot-inside-the-openai-and-microsoft-rivalry [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/chatgpt-vs-copilot-inside-the-openai-and-microsoft-rivalry]  This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo [https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesaraujo] of The DX Report [https://www.thedxreport.com/] and Hyoun Park [https://www.linkedin.com/in/hyounpark] of Amalgam Insights [https://www.amalgaminsights.com]

This Week in Enterprise Tech, Week 67

In Podcast Episode 67 of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office: 1. Pope Leo Brings AI to Church 2. Is Cisco’s Jeetu Patel the New Satya Nadella? 3. Salesforce AI Research Benchmarks Sales & Service 4. Salesforce Raises Prices to Embed AI More Broadly 5. Too Much ChatGPT Reduces Brain Activity 6. AI Cannot Fully Solve Productivity Issues 7. Broadcom Has Solved Its Pricing Concerns! Sources: Pope Leo Brings AI to Church Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/pope-leo-ai-tech-771cca48 [https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/pope-leo-ai-tech-771cca48]  Is Cisco’s Jeetu Patel the New Satya Nadella? Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rscottraynovich/2025/06/12/is-jeetu-patel-bringing-cisco-investors-a-satya-nadella-moment/ [https://www.forbes.com/sites/rscottraynovich/2025/06/12/is-jeetu-patel-bringing-cisco-investors-a-satya-nadella-moment/]  Salesforce AI Research Benchmarks Sales & Service Arxiv: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.18878 [https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.18878]  Salesforce Raises Prices to Embed AI More Broadly Salesforce Blog: https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/pricing-update-2025/ [https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/pricing-update-2025/]  Glen McCracken on Salesforce:  https://www.linkedin.com/posts/glenmccracken_friday-vent-salesforces-agentforce-proves-activity-7341691326565908485-GNhd/ [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/glenmccracken_friday-vent-salesforces-agentforce-proves-activity-7341691326565908485-GNhd/]  Too Much ChatGPT Reduces Brain Activity Brain on LLM: https://www.brainonllm.com [https://www.brainonllm.com]  Arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872 [https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872]  AI Cannot Fully Solve Productivity Issues Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/55bc5876-254a-4daa-86f8-2cd0d939a866 [https://www.ft.com/content/55bc5876-254a-4daa-86f8-2cd0d939a866]  Broadcom Has Solved Its Pricing Concerns! The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/vmware_price_hikes_excuse/ [https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/vmware_price_hikes_excuse/]  This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo [https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesaraujo] of The DX Report [https://www.thedxreport.com/] and Hyoun Park [https://www.linkedin.com/in/hyounpark] of Amalgam Insights [https://www.amalgaminsights.com]

This Week in Enterprise Tech, Week 66

In this podcast episode of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charlie Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office: 1. FinOps X FOCUSes on AI Costs 2. Snowflake Summit: An Avalanche of Announcements 3. Snowflake Faces Enterprise Refresh Cycles 4. OpenAI’s Enterprise Push to Office Productivity 5. IBM’s One Madison is Now an Incubator Sources: FinOps X FOCUSes on AI Costs FinOps Day 1 Keynote: https://www.finops.org/insights/finops-x-2025-day-1-keynote/ [https://www.finops.org/insights/finops-x-2025-day-1-keynote/]  FinOps Day 2 Keynote: https://www.finops.org/insights/finops-x-2025-day-2-keynote/ [https://www.finops.org/insights/finops-x-2025-day-2-keynote/]  Snowflake Summit Shares an Avalanche of Announcements Snowflake: https://www.snowflake.com/en/blog/announcements-snowflake-summit-2025/ [https://www.snowflake.com/en/blog/announcements-snowflake-summit-2025/]  Snowflake Faces Enterprise Refresh Cycles The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/02/snowflake_analyst_conference/ [https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/02/snowflake_analyst_conference/]  OpenAI’s Enterprise Push to Office Productivity Runtime News: https://www.runtime.news/r/6c4b22c3?m=aa74cd61-a873-4485-9028-fedb54b96b1e [https://www.runtime.news/r/6c4b22c3?m=aa74cd61-a873-4485-9028-fedb54b96b1e]  VentureBeat: https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-hits-3m-business-users-and-launches-workplace-tools-to-take-on-microsoft [https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-hits-3m-business-users-and-launches-workplace-tools-to-take-on-microsoft]  IBM’s One Madison is Now An Incubator IBM: https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-06-02-ibm-unveils-watsonx-ai-labs-the-ultimate-accelerator-for-ai-builders,-startups-and-enterprises-in-new-york-city [https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-06-02-ibm-unveils-watsonx-ai-labs-the-ultimate-accelerator-for-ai-builders,-startups-and-enterprises-in-new-york-city]  This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo [https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesaraujo] of The DX Report [https://www.thedxreport.com/] and Hyoun Park [https://www.linkedin.com/in/hyounpark] of Amalgam Insights [https://www.amalgaminsights.com]