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Trump Joins Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Onstage by Phone to Reject AI-Safety Slowdown Calls

September 14, 2026 at 21:23 EDT

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang put President Donald Trump on speakerphone during a live All-In Summit appearance in Los Angeles, turning a panel discussion into a public rebuke of calls to slow frontier AI development. Trump dismissed warnings about AI dangers as a “hoax,” while Huang argued that catastrophic predictions about AI are not scientifically grounded.

Sept. 14, 2026 · Nvidia

AI Slowdown Fight Goes Live

Jensen Huang put Donald Trump on speakerphone during a live panel, turning a technical safety debate into a public political clash over how fast frontier AI should move.

minutes onstage

Approximate length of the live call.

safety measures

Evaluators, democratic coordination and global talks.

central question

Move faster, or add guardrails first?

The call, drawn to scale

About 5 minutes

Each block represents one minute of a live political intervention into the AI safety debate.

What the slowdown camp wants

Independent evaluators

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Shared safety standards

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International coordination

Rapid-development view

Supporters argue that alarm should be evidence-based and that slowing U.S. AI could weaken competitiveness.

Safety-first view

Critics say voluntary restraint may not be enough while frontier labs compete for capital, talent and model leadership.

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