NVIDIA's Next Big CEO - DTNS 5394

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

Being a serious business owner takes hard work, patience, and a drive to keep moving forward. So it's important to find a serious business card that goes the extra mile. With the Venture X business card from Capital One, you earn unlimited double miles on every purchase. And with big purchasing power, you can spend more and earn more. This is your sign to take your business to the next level. The Capital One Venture X business card. What's in your wallet? Terms apply. See capitalone.com for details. Your daily supplement routine doesn't need to be managing a handful of different bottles. Onits Total Human brings key research-based vitamins, minerals, herbs, and amino acids together in convenient day and night packs. One all-in-one product designed to make supplementation easier. The day pack supports cognition, focus, and cellular energy production. At night, the night pack helps you wind down and supports a calm, relaxed state. Less time managing your supplements, more support for your day and night. Shop Total Human now at onnit.com.

SPEAKER_2 (1:02)

Are you sure we don't want to do gifts this year? Yeah, don't worry about me.

Bambas. Sorry, did you just say Bambas? No.

SPEAKER_3 (1:10)

Bambas cozy socks.

SPEAKER_2 (1:12)

Totally. Bambas, slippers, size eight.

SPEAKER_3 (1:14)

Wow, so you're just-

SPEAKER_2 (1:16)

Pilates socks. Underwear.

SPEAKER_3 (1:18)

Okey doke, got it.

SPEAKER_2 (1:19)

Bambas, the perfect gift for when you're not doing gifts. Visit bambas.com/audio and use code audio for 20% off your first purchase. That's bombas.com/audio.

One purchased equals one donated. Always.

SPEAKER_1 (1:34)

This episode is brought to you by Okta, helping you secure and govern AI identity by bringing agents out of the shadows. AI agents are changing how work gets done. They're fast, they're capable, and more of them are showing up inside companies right now. That's exciting. But when agents operate unseen in the dark, they create massive security blind spots. Okta shines a light on all of your agents so you can stay secure. Whether your teams are building agents or bringing them in, Okta gives you a clear way to answer four simple questions. Where are my agents? What can they do? What are they doing? And how do I respond if they go rogue? With that visibility, you can govern each agent's identity, trace their behavior, and even hit an instant kill switch. Bring AI agents out of the shadows. Okta secures AI. Learn more at okta.com. That's okta.com.

Tom Merritt (2:34)

This is the Daily Tech News Show Big Tech Question, where we look at the tech news this week and ask what it means. I'm Tom Merritt. This week, the big questions are, who should be Nvidia's next CEO? Is there any other question?

Actually, there's a ton of questions around that whole topic. We also are going to talk about whether we want an agent to run our smartphone and if Google's Android XR has solved the glass hole problem. Joining us here to draw the top tech news of the week is Len Peralta. What's the good word, Len?

Len Peralta (3:05)

Oh, the good word. You know what? The word this week is dog.

Robb Dunewood (3:11)

Yes, it is.

Len Peralta (3:13)

I think we'll talk a little bit more about that in the show.

Tom Merritt (3:15)

We'll go with dog.

Yep. But first, today's tech news. Here's Sarah Lane and Jason Howell.

Sarah Lane (3:25)

A global Microsoft outage has continued since midday Thursday, affecting users of its cloud services, including Outlook Mail and Copilot. It may have affected you because it's affected a lot of folks. It's being described as on par with the outages related to CrowdStrike back in July of 2024 and a major AWS outage in October of last year. This has affected governments, infrastructure, financial operations and health care. Microsoft says there's no evidence of malicious activity but, quote, a problem that's causing servers to fail automated health checks and become unavailable. The company says it was making progress restoring service Friday morning.

Jason Howell (4:07)

Hmm, maybe that blue screen will go away eventually on all of it, figuratively speaking, of course. OpenAI launched ChatGPT Wallet which lets its AI agents buy things for you without the agent or the store ever seeing your card number in the process.

Basically, you add your card once, you approve each purchase with either face ID or fingerprints. You got that authorization. And the card network hands the agent a stand-in payment token in place of the actual number. It also keeps your card's rewards and dispute protections intact through the transaction, thankfully. For now, it's limited to US. ChatGPT Pro subscribers, 18 and older, with eligible credit cards.

Sarah Lane (4:51)

Sort of related story here. Meta's Muse AI agent can now call US businesses on your behalf after limited testing back in September. Chief AI Officer Alexander Wang says it can handle calls to a cable company, your insurer, maybe the DMV or a restaurant without online reservations. But it does require a paid subscription. That starts at $20 per month. Businesses also might hang up on you when they realize it's AI calling. Not everybody's into this. Calls stay paid only, but a Muse email address will open up to free users soon.