Jensen Huang puts Trump on speakerphone onstage to announce robots won’t take over the world

NVIDIA chief executive Jensen Huang took a live call from former President Donald Trump while appearing onstage at the All-In Podcast’s All-In Summit on Monday, placing the call on speaker so the audience could hear. According to reporting in The Verge, this was not the first time Huang has taken a presidential call during work, but it was notable for occurring before a large crowd.

During the onstage exchange, Trump dismissed recent concerns about artificial intelligence as a "hoax" and told attendees that "the robots will not be taking over." He also commented on data centers, saying there had been communities that might have been "dying" without them but which were now "really wealthy," though he did not provide specifics. Video and audio of the appearance were posted on X.

The call came amid intensified public debate about the pace and governance of AI development. Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a long essay titled "We Must Pace the Frontier," arguing for slowing development and increasing government coordination — a piece that prompted responses from several AI executives. Trump had pushed back on those calls in posts on Truth Social and reiterated some of that viewpoint during the onstage call.

Huang did not confront the former president; instead he pledged that the U.S. would ensure wide participation in the AI race, saying, "We're going to make sure that everybody wins in the AI race in America. Every industry, every company, every state, every people." He also noted he was addressing "thousands" in the audience as he spoke with Trump. The Verge's coverage of the exchange was reported by Jay Peters.