Jensen Huang puts Trump on speakerphone onstage to announce robots won’t take over the world

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on September 2, 2026. (Photo by Matt RAMEY / AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images" data-portal-copyright="AFP via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/gettyimages-2292612804.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on September 2, 2026. (Photo by Matt RAMEY / AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a call from President Trump on Monday while onstage at the All-In Podcast's All-In Summit. It's not the first time Huang has <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/986389/oops-hot-mic">taken a call from the president</a> during work, but this time he put Trump on speakerphone before a big crowd. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">During the call, the president launched into his take on recent fears about AI development, which he called a "hoax," and told the crowd that "the robots will not be taking over." </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It's already a frothy week for AI news. The call with the president followed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's long essay published this weekend titled <a href="https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier">"We Must Pace the Frontier"</a> where he argued for slowing …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/995079/president-donald-trump-calls-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-all-in-summit">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>