President Donald Trump unexpectedly called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang while the chip executive was speaking on stage at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles on Monday, 14 September, using the interruption to dismiss fears of an artificial intelligence takeover as a 'hoax'.
Huang was discussing AI before a live audience when his phone rang. After realising Trump was calling, the Nvidia chief answered and eventually placed the president on speakerphone, turning the interview into an impromptu conversation about AI, robots, data centres and America's technological rivalry with China.
