For the audio podcast of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess last week's biggest tech news:

1. The IBM Mainframe Is Locked Into the Enterprise
2. Can SAP Joule Actually Support 80% of Business Tasks?
3. AI Gets the Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and Physics!
4. When to Call It Quits With AI
5. AI Ain’t Always The Answer
6. Everyday AI for Everyday People
7. Writer Beats Megavendors in AI Workflow Automation
8. Apple Researchers Refute Claims of LLM Formal Reasoning
9. LinkedIn Says It’s Your Fault for Trusting Them

Sources:

The IBM Mainframe Is Locked Into the Enterprise

CIODive: https://www.ciodive.com/news/enterprise-mainframe-workloads-grow-ai-cloud-ibm/728996/ 

Can SAP Joule Actually Support 80% of Business Tasks?

VentureBeat: https://venturebeat.com/ai/saps-joule-collaborative-ai-agent-driving-innovation-with-open-source-llms/

AI Gets the Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and Physics!

Nobel Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/all-nobel-prizes-2024/ 

When to Call It Quits With AI

CIO.com: https://www.cio.com/article/3555331/when-is-the-right-time-to-dump-an-ai-project.html 

Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-had-fun-experimenting-with-ai-now-they-have-to-show-the-returns-2a683592?mod=djemCIO 

AI Ain’t Always The Answer

The Register: https://tinyurl.com/FCPI1014

Everyday AI for Everyday People

Digital Native: https://www.digitalnative.tech/p/the-design-of-everyday-things 

Writer Beats Megavendors in AI Workflow Automation

VentureBeat: https://venturebeat.com/ai/writers-palmyra-x-004-takes-the-lead-in-ai-function-calling-surpassing-tech-giants/ 

Apple Researchers Refute Claims of LLM Formal Reasoning

Marcus on AI: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/llms-dont-do-formal-reasoning-and 

ArXiv: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.05229

LLMs as Instant Mediocrity: https://amalgaminsights.com/2023/06/06/instant-mediocrity-a-business-guide-to-chatgpt-in-the-enterprise/ 

LinkedIn Says It’s Your Fault for Trusting Them

The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/09/linkedin_ai_misinformation_agreement/ 

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Report and

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights