Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in the middle of his talk: 'The robots will not be taking over'

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

Bloomberg/Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said AI doomer predictions aren't grounded in science.

At the All-In Summit, Huang also praised AI researcher Jacob Coxon's courage as a whistleblower.

President Donald Trump called in during Huang's talk, saying, "The robots will not be taking over." Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang got a call from President Donald Trump in the middle of his talk as they both swatted down AI doomer predictions.

On Monday at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles, Huang's talk was interrupted by a phone call from President Donald Trump, who called AI doomerism "a hoax." "The robots will not be taking over," Trump said via speakerphone, adding that while "we have to be a little bit careful," the US shouldn't stop AI advancement.

The debate on AI safety has roiled Silicon Valley, especially after Jacob Coxon , a former Anthropic researcher, announced last week he resigned from the lab, writing on X that the people building AI "believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade." During the talk, Huang praised a former Anthropic researcher for speaking out on AI safety and also said the notion that the technology poses an existential threat is unscientific.

Weighing in, Huang called AI safety "paramount" and said that the US can still move fast.

"America is able to lead — and to do it safely," he said.

Huang said Coxon showed "great courage" by coming forward.

He also said there's a difference between exposing existing problems within a company and making predictions about the future.

"I think the whistleblowing is fine.

I think the scientific prediction about the future is less fine because it's not grounded on science, obviously," Huang said.

Huang said he doesn't know what Coxon witnessed inside Anthropic and suggested the industry's frontier labs are undergoing a difficult transition from research to engineering organizations.

The Nvidia CEO's comments are consistent with his established views.