Jensen Huang · Nvidia · Donald Trump · China · Anthropic · NBC News Tech
Trump calls Nvidia CEO to talk AI, and gets put on speakerphone in all-hands meeting
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President Donald Trump on Monday called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during a company all-hands meeting and gave another full-throated defense of artificial intelligence after Huang put the call on speakerphone.
Key facts
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote in an essay over the weekend that AI development needed safeguards, which was quickly endorsed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, among others
- It’s the oil of the next 20, 25 years, it’s bigger than the internet and AI, you know, much more so,” he said, while adding that people “have to be a little careful” and do things “prudently
- The Nvidia CEO, who helped persuade Trump last year to not send National Guard troops to San Francisco, sits on Trump’s council of science and technology advisers
- President Donald Trump on Monday called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during a company all-hands meeting and gave another full-throated defense of artificial intelligence after Huang put the call
Summary
Trump characterized concerns about AI safety as a “hoax,” while telling Huang that the U.S. had to beat China in AI innovation and development. “The robots will not be taking over. Trump also lauded politically unpopular data centers, calling them “great” and saying they make people and states “wealthy.” “It’s the oil of the next 20, 25 years, it’s bigger than the internet and AI, you know, much more so,” he said, while adding that people “have to be a little careful” and do things “prudently.”