President Donald Trump on Monday call Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during one industry summit. E give another strong defense for artificial intelligence after Huang put di call on speakerphone.
Trump talk say concerns about AI safety na ‘hoax.’ He tell Huang during di All-In Summit say di U.S. must beat China for AI innovation and development.
‘Di robots no go take over. Di AI no go take over di rest of di world. Di whole thing na hoax,’ Trump talk. He suggest say critics dey ‘just playing right into di hands of a lot of people wey no want see am happen. That could be political people, that could also be China.’
Trump also praise data centers wey politically unpopular, call dem ‘great’ and say dem dey make people and states ‘wealthy.’ ‘Na di oil of di next 20, 25 years, e bigger pass di internet and AI, you know, much more so,’ he talk, while adding say people ‘have to be a little careful’ and do things ‘prudently.’
Video of Trump call, posted on X, Trump War Room account repost am. Di account dey associated with one Trump-aligned PAC. Di call also dey inside one podcast wey Huang dey record at di time. Nvidia talk say dem no get comment on Huang exchange with Trump or whether dem go meet soon to discuss these issues.
Trump comments to Nvidia, one of di world biggest manufacturers of AI chips and hardware, come as AI leaders don call for slowing down development of di technology. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei write inside one essay over di weekend say AI development need safeguards, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, among others, quickly endorse am.
E come after researchers for leading AI companies step down from dia jobs last week and speak out over safety concerns. Some describe dem as existential threat to humanity. Former President Barack Obama urge Democrats last week to prioritize development of one AI agenda.
Trump, however, firmly stand by im support for AI development. In one flurry of social media posts on Monday, Trump describe AI concerns as ‘SICK conspiracy’ and ‘hoax.’
During di Nvidia phone call, Trump talk say he assume say Huang dey on same page with am regarding AI development; Huang talk say dem dey. ‘We go make sure say everybody wins for di AI race in America. Every industry, every company, every state, every people,’ Huang tell Trump during dia call.
Di Nvidia CEO, wey help persuade Trump last year make e no send National Guard troops to San Francisco, dey sit on Trump council of science and technology advisers. He don lobby lawmakers to allow sales of Nvidia around di world, which lawmakers talk say could advantage China and undercut U.S. leadership for technology.
Im conversation with Trump come as House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wey House Democrats urge to end recess early so di lower chamber fit take legislative action regarding AI safety, talk dis week say industry leaders suppose dey ones taking di lead on safety. Johnson talk on Monday say Trump go call one meeting with AI leaders. One source familiar with di matter tell NBC News say meeting between Trump and di leaders dey ‘in di works,’ but no clear timing don nail down.
CORRECTION: One previous version of dis article and im headline misstate di event where Trump speak by phone to Nvidia CEO. E happen during di All-In Summit, not during one all-hands meeting at Nvidia.
