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Nvidia CEO, Trump Downplay AI Risks Amid Safety Debate
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was speaking at a conference when President Donald Trump called him.
Trump said worries about dangerous AI were exaggerated and that slowing AI could help China.
Huang agreed that some opposition to AI development may be politically motivated.
However, Huang also praised a researcher who resigned because he feared AI companies were taking dangerous risks.
Huang said people should listen to workers who raise safety concerns.
Anthropic’s CEO has suggested slowing AI development to reduce possible dangers.
Other technology leaders supported that idea.
The disagreement is about how quickly AI should grow while keeping people safe.
Jensen Huang took a live phone call from Donald Trump during a panel at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles.
Trump called efforts to slow AI development a politically motivated or Chinese-backed scheme and described AI concerns as a “hoax.”
Huang praised Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon for raising concerns but said the debate creates a false choice between innovation and safety.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed slowing AI development in a widely discussed essay endorsed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk.
Technology stocks fell Monday amid concerns about slower AI spending, with Nvidia shares dropping 3.4%.
- Who
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Donald Trump, AI companies and researchers including Jacob Coxon and Dario Amodei.
- What
- Trump and Huang argued against slowing AI development while discussing concerns about AI’s potential dangers.
- Where
- The All-In Summit in Los Angeles, with discussion involving US technology companies and data-center construction.
- When
- Monday, during a period of intensified debate over AI safety; Amodei’s essay was published Saturday.
- Why
- Trump and Huang said efforts to slow AI could be politically motivated or benefit China, while safety advocates are concerned that rapid development could endanger people.
AI Safety Advocates
AI Development Advocates
Speed of AI development
AI Safety Advocates
Safety advocates, including Dario Amodei and Jacob Coxon, argue that rapid AI development creates serious risks and may require a slowdown.
AI Development Advocates
Donald Trump and Jensen Huang argue that efforts to slow AI development are politically motivated or could benefit China.
How to interpret AI dangers
AI Safety Advocates
Coxon warned that Anthropic and OpenAI were taking risks that could endanger people, prompting wider calls for caution.
AI Development Advocates
Trump called the concerns a “hoax,” while Huang said the debate creates a false choice between innovation and AI safety.
Data-center expansion
AI Safety Advocates
Opposition to new data centers has contributed to resistance against permits and concern about the pace of AI infrastructure growth.
AI Development Advocates
Trump supports building more data centers, saying they make people and states wealthy and represent the “oil of the next 20, 25 years.”
Key facts
- Event
- Jensen Huang received a live phone call from Donald Trump during a panel discussion.
- Location
- All-In Summit, Los Angeles
- Nvidia stock move
- Nvidia shares fell 3.4% on Monday.
- Safety concern
- Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after saying Anthropic and OpenAI were “gambling with our lives.”
- Proposed response
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a 3,800-word essay proposing a slowdown in AI development.
- Essay endorsements
- The essay was endorsed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
- Data centers
- Trump criticized US states for refusing permits for new data centers.
Quotes
Donald Trump
US president speaking by phone during Jensen Huang’s panel discussion
“The AI pushback is "just playing right into the hands of a lot of people that don't want to see it happen," Trump said. "And that could be political people. It could also be China."”
NDTV
“It's the oil of the next 20, 25 years.”
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