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: https://comet.perplexity.ai/#values 

The Verge: 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

EU AI Code of Conduct: 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 

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/ 

Amazon: 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 

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 

Apple Celebrates Supply Chain Excellence as COO Steps Down

Apple: 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/ 

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Reportand

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights