Trump and Nvidia’s Huang make a public case against slowing AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a live call from President Donald Trump during an onstage discussion, turning an industry event into an unusually direct statement about how fast artificial intelligence should advance. Trump dismissed warnings about AI’s potential dangers as a hoax, while Huang argued against allowing development to slow. That alignment matters because Nvidia sells the specialized chips powering much of the AI buildout, so rapid adoption is not just a technological position for the company but a core business interest. The exchange also sharpened the divide with companies such as Anthropic, which argue that increasingly capable systems need stronger testing and safeguards: the AI debate is becoming a public contest between moving faster and putting more limits around the technology.