Trump Dismisses AI Safety Fears in Onstage Huang Call — SkimNews
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- Jensen Huang received a phone call from President Trump while onstage at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles on Monday, putting Trump on speakerphone with the help of stagehands so the audience could hear the exchange.
- Trump dismissed AI safety concerns — specifically Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to "slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI" — as a "hoax," suggesting political opponents or China could be behind the sentiment, and declared "we're not going to let that happen."
- Huang replied "You're right. We're not going to let that happen, sir," drawing applause from the audience and aligning himself with Trump against AI slowdown advocates.
- Elon Musk and Sam Altman have publicly backed Amodei's call for slowing AI development, while Huang's views diverge, according to the source.
- Gallup polling cited in the article shows 70% of Americans oppose data center construction in their area, with more than 50% citing environmental effects and roughly 20% citing cost-of-living and quality-of-life concerns.
- Trump allies including Garry Tan have framed anti-data-center sentiment as an international psyop to stifle U.S. economic growth — a framing the source contrasts with the more straightforward domestic concerns captured in the polling.
Why it matters: Trump and Huang publicly aligned against slowing AI development even as Gallup data shows 70% of Americans oppose data center construction in their area, with majorities citing environmental impact and cost-of-living — a gap that puts Nvidia's infrastructure expansion in direct tension with the communities most affected by it.
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