TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia and AMD CEOs Rally Behind President Trump’s AI Plan

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🗓️ 24 July 2025

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Walmart is simplifying its approach to AI agents. Plus, SK Hynix will boost its investment in AI chips after record results. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Get out of the headlines and into real conversations happening inside global organizations
0:04.6	with the Executive Insights podcast, brought to by AWS. Listen in on the Executive Insights
0:10.8	podcast, available on all major podcast platforms. Here's your morning, TNB Tech Minute for Thursday,
0:19.5	July 24th. I'm Adriana Aspuru for the Wall Street Journal.
0:24.1	Chief executives of chip giants, Nvidia, and advanced microdevices have supported President
0:29.2	Trump's new AI action plan, which also has been embraced by the broader tech and business community.
0:35.3	The plan promises to streamline the development and use of
0:38.4	AI and boost exports of American tech, including semiconductors that are essential for AI.
0:44.4	At a tech industry event yesterday, Trump took a moment to recognize the Nvidia and AMD CEOs
0:50.9	as leaders who are vital to helping America win the AI race.
0:55.6	And we are exclusively reporting that Walmart is taking a step back and consolidating its numerous AI
1:01.6	agents into four super agents to simplify user experience.
1:06.4	In recent months, the company has built dozens of agents, but now the super agents will be for customers, employees, engineers, and sellers slash suppliers.
1:16.6	The company plans to announce the changes today.
1:19.4	The customer-facing agent is already available, with others expected to launch this year and next year.
1:25.2	Finally, the South Korean memory chipmaker S.K. Hinnix plans to increase spending this year and next year. Finally, the South Korean memory chipmaker, S.K. Hinnix, plans to increase
1:30.2	spending this year to meet strong demand for its artificial intelligence chips after a record
1:35.1	second quarter. The chipmaker is the main supplier of high bandwidth memory products for
1:39.9	NVIDIA. S.K. Hinnix also plans to mass produce new chips in the second half of 2025.
1:46.3	This could potentially widen its lead over Samsung and Micron technology. That's it for your
1:51.5	TMB Tech Minute. Join us again this afternoon for more. Americans love using their credit cards,
1:56.8	the most secure and hassle-free way to pay. But DC politicians want to change that with the Durban Marshall Credit Card bill.
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