Jensen Huang took a call from Trump, and showed off something else, too

In Brief

Jensen Huang made headlines Monday astatine the All-In league successful L.A. for what helium said. But there’s thing other worthy noting astir the appearance. Taking a unrecorded telephone from President Trump connected stage, Huang, dressed successful his now-signature alligator leather jacket, was handed Apple’s caller foldable phone to reply it, a instrumentality that isn’t owed to deed stores for different 5 weeks.

Flashing your unreleased hardware portion chatting with the president? Not a atrocious flex.

Once helium got Trump connected speaker, the speech turned to AI safety, and the 2 seemed to hold that mounting fears astir AI equate to what Trump called a “hoax.” Trump argued that the existent winners of the AI panic are China and “political people,” and that the exertion is excessively large — “bigger than the internet,” helium said — to dilatory down over. (“Did you perceive that? Thousands of radical are clapping,” said Huang to Trump during this aforesaid exchange.)

Whether Huang genuinely shares those aforesaid views oregon isn’t successful a presumption to accidental otherwise, we’ll ne'er know. Nvidia’s concern exemplary depends mostly connected AI labs buying much chips, truthful downplaying existential hazard is the evident determination if helium cares astir his company’s stock price. (It’s inactive up 33% for the past twelvemonth but fell a fewer percent points today.)

Either way, portion everyone focused connected Trump’s astonishment call, a fewer of america noticed the $1,999 telephone successful Huang’s hand. And possibly that was Huang’s ain message. A decennary aft Apple stopped putting Nvidia hardware successful its ain devices, it present needs Nvidia capable to tally portion of Apple Intelligence connected it.

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