Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump he won’t slow AI development

Jensen Huang got a phone call at a tech conference. It happened to be from the President of the United States. And it happened to be on speakerphone in front of a live audience. At the All-In Summit in Los Angeles on September 14, Nvidia’s CEO took a call from President Donald Trump, turning what could have been a private chat into a very public declaration: neither man has any interest in pumping the brakes on artificial intelligence development. The call heard round the conference Trump used the moment to swat away growing calls for an AI development slowdown, calling the concerns a “hoax” and declaring that “the robots are not going to be taking over the world.” Huang told the audience that “we’re going to make sure that everybody wins in the AI race in America,” positioning Nvidia squarely at the center of the country’s AI ambitions. The exchange came in the wake of a provocative essay by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposing a coordinated global slowdown in AI development. That proposal drew attention from heavyweights like Elon Musk and Sam Altman, creating a rare moment where the AI industry appeared genuinely divided on how fast to move. Trump framed opposition to rapid AI a...