Trump Calls Nvidia's Huang Live Onstage at AI Summit
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang received a live call from President Trump during the All-In Summit in Los Angeles, putting him on speaker for the audience. The two aligned on rejecting calls to slow AI development, with Trump calling the growing sentiment against data centers a hoax potentially driven by political actors or China.
The exchange came as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Elon Musk, and Sam Altman have publicly supported slowing AI capability growth. Meanwhile, recent Gallup polling shows 70% of Americans oppose data center construction in their communities, citing environmental and cost-of-living concerns.
Nvidia uses a presidential phone call to reframe AI acceleration as patriotism, cornering rivals who advocate caution into appearing unAmerican.
