Los Angeles — At the All-In Summit on Monday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unexpectedly took an onstage call from former President Donald Trump, and the two used the moment to publicly reject claims that artificial intelligence will lead to an apocalyptic takeover.
How it unfolded
Video footage circulating on social media shows Huang answering a call during an interview and putting it on speaker so the audience could hear. Trump told Huang, “The robots will not be taking over,” and said he considered claims that AI would take over the world to be “a hoax.”
What they said
Both men framed AI in an optimistic light. Trump dismissed fears of an AI takeover, while Huang emphasized AI’s potential for economic growth and national security. Huang told Trump: “We're going to make sure that everybody wins in the AI race of America. Every industry, every company, every state, every people.”
Huang on safety concerns
Separately at the summit, Huang addressed AI safety worries that had surfaced over the weekend with a more nuanced tone than Trump’s. He said whistleblower warnings deserve to be taken seriously and praised Anthropic whistleblower Jacob Coxon for showing “great courage” in raising concerns about the speed of the company’s AI development.
At the same time, Huang rejected predictions that AI could end the world as “not grounded in science.” He added that AI companies should consider pausing or slowing work “if they feel that their company is out of control.”
Wider context
Huang’s comments fit into a broader pattern in which some industry leaders dismiss doomsday scenarios around AI. According to Forbes, last week at a Goldman Sachs conference in San Francisco Huang suggested that alarm around AI can increase demand for security products, saying, “What better way to create demand than to create a problem.”
Why this matters
The exchange draws attention because Nvidia is a major supplier of the chips that power advanced AI models and thus has a substantial economic stake in continued AI deployment. At the same time, many CEOs and AI experts have called for slower development over safety concerns, making Huang and Trump’s public dismissal of apocalyptic risks a notable contribution to the public debate.
Conclusion
At the All-In Summit in Los Angeles, Jensen Huang and Donald Trump jointly rejected the most extreme AI catastrophe scenarios, while Huang also acknowledged the legitimacy of safety warnings and said companies should slow down if development becomes uncontrollable. Their remarks arrive amid competing pressures: commercial incentives for rapid AI progress and industry calls for caution.
