{"podcast":{"title":"The Brave Technologist","slug":"the-brave-technologist-2135907","podcast_index_feed_id":2135907,"rss_url":"https://thebravemarketer.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://brave.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/4/3/1/7431aa568ccca3b4a04421dee9605cbd/thebravetechnologist.cover_1.png","author":"Brave","episode_count":210,"summary":"Technology is reshaping society—but how are users included in the conversation? The Brave Technologist explores how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and Web3 are influencing our lives, our choices, and our collective future. Unlike many tech podcasts that focus on hype and disruption, this show puts users at the center of the conversation. Each episode features thoughtful discussions with technologists working to ensure that innovation serves the public interest. How are these tools impacting users? And how can we ensure that technology is developed with transparency, accountability, and the public good in mind? We're going deep with founders, builders, policy makers and researchers to explore the worlds of privacy, AI, crypto, digital rights, algorithmic accountability, and everywhere else where cutting edge technology impacts our daily lives.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T02:20:25.024347+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brave-technologist-2135907"},"episode":{"title":"AI Agents Need Names, And Nobody Owns Them Yet","slug":"ai-agents-need-names-and-nobody-owns-them-yet","published_at":"2026-06-03T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brave-technologist-2135907/ai-agents-need-names-and-nobody-owns-them-yet","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brave-technologist-2135907","url":"https://thebravemarketer.libsyn.com/ai-agents-need-names-and-nobody-owns-them-yet","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebravemarketer/balasz_v1.mp4?dest-id=2705240","summary":"Balazs Nemethi, CEO of the Agent Community, explains why AI agents need identities and why the window to decide who controls that infrastructure is closing fast. He breaks down how a community-governed effort is working to secure .agent as a top-level domain, and why domains are a smart foundation for agent identity. Key Takeaways: Why agents need identities, including personalized names and domains What challenges will emerge around trust, safety, and accountability as agents scale, and why domains are a powerful trust layer What community governance could change by preventing single-company control over agent identity How the ICANN application process works, and the one bylaw that gives community a real shot at winning a TLD Why verifying agents (not just humans) may be the smarter approach to trust on the agentic web Guest Bio: Balázs Nemethi is a Hungarian technologist and entrepreneur working at the intersection of internet infrastructure, identity, and AI. He is the founder of the Agent Community at agentcommunity.org, a community-backed effort to establish .agent as a new top-level domain and identity layer for AI agents. He is also the author of AID, a DNS-first standard for agent identity and discovery. Previously, he helped scale the Decentralized Identity Foundation to more than 300 organizations; founded Taqanu, a financial-inclusion company serving refugees in Germany; and built Web3 compliance infrastructure at Veri Labs, where he is the inventor on a U.S. patent for programmable assets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About this Show: The Brave Technologist is here to shed light on the opportunities and challenges of emerging tech. To make it digestible, less scary, and more approachable for all! J…","meta_description":"Balazs Nemethi, CEO of the Agent Community, explains why AI agents need identities and why the window to decide who controls that infrastructure is closin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2536,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-brave-technologist-2135907/episodes/ai-agents-need-names-and-nobody-owns-them-yet/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brave-technologist-2135907/ai-agents-need-names-and-nobody-owns-them-yet.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}