Nvidia's boss put Trump on speakerphone to reject an AI slowdown.
Jensen Huang took a live call from President Trump on stage at the All-In Summit on Monday. Trump called the slowdown push a trap that helps China, and Huang agreed on the spot. The exchange came days after Anthropic's chief executive urged labs to pace the next big leap.
Why it mattersThe slowdown debate now splits the people who build AI from the people who sell its chips. Whoever wins sets the speed of the tools you use next year.
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