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

1. Newsom Vetoes AI Compliance Bill
2. US DoJ Changes Governance Guidance for AI
3. CA Requires Data Transparency for LLMs
4. NIST Acknowledges G!8B#r|5h is a Lousy Password
5. WhatFix raises $125M to Guide Digital Adoption
6. Smartsheet Taken Private By Blackstone, Vista Equity
7. Rabbit Loses Momentum in its AI Leap
8. Will AI Be a Bust? Goldman Sachs Says Maybe?
9. Has Notion Made the New Clippy or Is It Better?

Sources:

Newsom Vetoes AI Compliance Bill

The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/29/24232172/california-ai-safety-bill-1047-vetoed-gavin-newsom 

US DoJ Changes Governance Guidance for AI

McDermott blog: https://www.mwe.com/insights/doj-makes-key-revisions-to-corporate-compliance-program-guidance/ 

Full document:

DOJ: https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-fraud/page/file/937501/dl 

CA Requires Data Transparency for LLMs

CA Legislature: Full language of bill https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2013 

TechCrunch Summary article by Maxwell Zeff: https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/29/here-is-whats-illegal-under-californias-18-and-counting-new-ai-laws/

NIST Acknowledges G!8B#r|5h is a Lousy Password

Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/nist-password-guidance-improvements/ 

WhatFix raises $125M to Guide Digital Adoption

TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/whatfix-raises-125m-to-provide-in-app-guides-to-users/ 

Smartsheet Taken Private By Blackstone and Vista Equity

CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/24/blackstone-and-vista-equity-partners-to-acquire-software-maker-smartsheet.html 

Rabbit Loses Momentum in its AI Leap

The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/25/24254253/rabbit-r1-5000-daily-users-ai-gadget?mc_cid=fabd2e4e07 

Will AI Be a Bust? Goldman Sachs Says Maybe?

New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/technology/ai-jim-covello-goldman-sachs.html 

Has Notion Made the New Clippy or Is It Better?

FastCompany: https://www.fastcompany.com/91192119/notions-new-animated-ai-assistant-looks-more-new-yorker-than-clippy

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Reportand

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights