Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang puts Trump on speakerphone during live summit stage appearance

Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang placed a phone call from Donald Trump on speakerphone while speaking on stage at the All-In Summit on Monday, allowing audience members to hear the president's perspectives on artificial intelligence development and digital infrastructure.

During the call, Trump addressed public concerns regarding the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence systems, calling rising fears about the technology a "hoax" and telling attendees that "the robots will not be taking over," as first reported by The Verge.

The former president's comments on stage echoed a series of messages he published on Truth Social earlier on Monday, in which he pushed back against proposed restraints on artificial intelligence research.

The interaction arrived amid an expanding debate over the speed and regulation of artificial intelligence deployment. Over the weekend, Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei released a lengthy essay titled "We Must Pace the Frontier," urging tech leaders and policy makers to slow down the release of advanced systems and coordinate regulatory efforts across governments.

Amodei's essay generated significant agreement among high-profile technology leaders across the industry. However, Trump publicly rejected those calls for caution, using his social media posts and the conference phone call to advocate for aggressive domestic progress in computing power.

During his conversation with Huang, Trump also pointed to the economic influence of high-performance computing centers. He claimed that local communities that were previously "dying" without industrial activity had become "really wealthy" after data centers were constructed, though he did not name specific locations.

Huang did not dispute the president's statements during the dialogue. Instead, the semiconductor chief informed Trump that he was addressing thousands of conference attendees and emphasized a goal of widespread economic gain from hardware investments.

"We’re going to make sure that everybody wins in the AI race in America," Huang stated during the call. "Every industry, every company, every state, every people."

The unexpected exchange highlights the growing intersection of semiconductor manufacturing, software safety debates, and national policy as federal figures and tech executives navigate energy demands and global market dominance.