15th September 2026 – (Los Angeles) Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang took a live phone call from President Donald Trump while on stage at the All‑In Summit in Los Angeles, during which both men rejected dire warnings about artificial intelligence. Trump dismissed claims that AI poses existential threats as a hoax and criticised proposals to slow development, while Huang largely agreed that calls to hit the brakes risk ceding advantage, even as he argued organisations should listen to internal critics.
Huang praised former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon for raising safety concerns on his departure from the company, saying whistleblowers warrant serious attention. The remarks came amid heightened debate after Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei urged a deliberate downshift in the pace of training frontier models, a stance publicly supported by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SpaceX’s Elon Musk. Anthropic co‑founder Jack Clark told the BBC that firms should be required to maintain a “kill switch” to shut down systems that behave dangerously, underscoring a widening split between industry leaders over how to balance innovation and control.
The policy divide has spilled into politics. While Trump has railed against new federal guardrails and championed rapid data‑centre expansion, House Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated the administration will continue engaging with technology leaders to assess whether government has a role in ensuring safety. Market sentiment has been sensitive to the rhetoric, with major US technology shares retreating on Monday as investors weighed the prospect of slower AI capital spending against longer‑term infrastructure demand.