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Trump Calls Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Dismisses AI Risk Warnings as a Hoax
Trump calls Jensen Huang onstage at All-In Summit, dismisses AI safety warnings as a hoax. He tells audience AI fears are a hoax and opposes slowing AI development.
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Trump and Huang onstage
U.S. President Donald Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang while Huang was speaking onstage at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 14, putting the conversation on speakerphone for the audience.
“Trump dismissed the recent wave of AI doomsday warnings as a "scam"”
During the call, Trump dismissed AI risk warnings as a "scam" and said, "Data centers are like oil for the next 20 to 25 years," adding that their importance "exceeds the internet."
Huang agreed on the spot, pledging he would "not let the slowdown happen," and the audience erupted in applause as Trump said, "Robots are not going to take over the world, and AI is not going to run the world."
The call came as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay on Saturday urging the industry to slow the pace of AI model capability advances, a position later endorsed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
After the call, Nvidia shares closed down more than 3% on Monday, and the broader semiconductor complex fell across the board, according to BigGo Finance.B
Safety debate splits leaders
While Trump and Huang argued against slowing AI, Buckingham Palace said King Charles would host leaders from major AI companies to discuss principles for a technology that is raising concerns about threats to humanity.
The Reuters-provided report says Charles will welcome leaders from Nvidia, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic, and that the UKAI minister, Kanishka Narayan, will also be present for a meeting focused on how AI can be used for the benefit of society and contribute to "the flourishing of both people and the planet."
In the U.S. debate, Trump told Huang, "It's all a hoax," and said, "The data centers are great, and they make people wealthy, and they make states wealthy," as CNBC described the call captured by a video posted by an attendee.
Huang replied to Trump during the speakerphone exchange, "You're right. We’re not going to let this happen, sir," framing his stance as rejecting a slowdown while still engaging with AI safety concerns.
The same Reuters-based account ties the renewed spotlight to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s Saturday call to slow the pace of AI model advances, which it says was followed by public endorsements from other top executives.
What comes next for AI
The dispute over AI tempo is also playing out in how governments and regulators might respond, with the sources describing Trump’s opposition to additional oversight alongside calls from industry leaders for a pact to slow development.
“privately discussing the creation of a new safety body”
The Washington Post says leaders at Anthropic, OpenAI and Google endorsed limiting the pace of AI development and were privately discussing the creation of a new safety body, citing fears that AI may spiral out of control.
In contrast, Trump’s position during the All-In Summit call emphasized that caution should not mean stopping the industry, saying, "but that doesn't mean stopping the industry."
BigGo Finance reports that Trump criticized states for refusing to issue building permits for new data centers and said, "It's the oil of the next 20 years, 25 years," while also arguing that he would never allow construction to stall.B
The sources also connect the political fight to market expectations, with BigGo Finance stating that the forceful rhetoric failed to lift market confidence as Nvidia shares closed down more than 3% and the semiconductor complex fell across the board.