Trump Phones Jensen Huang Live Onstage: AI Doom Is a “Hoax” and Data Centers Are “the Oil of the Next 25 Years”
At the All-In Summit on September 14, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a surprise live call from President Trump, who dismissed AI risk warnings as “all a hoax,” claimed slowdown advocates are “playing into the hands of China,” and called data centers “the oil of the next 20, 25 years.” Huang agreed even as he praised a resigned Anthropic researcher’s courage. Markets shrugged: Nvidia fell about 3% and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped 5.9%.
Jensen Huang Declares Cybersecurity AI’s Next Gold Mine — and Calls Doom Fears “Manufactured Demand”
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang told a Goldman Sachs tech conference that cybersecurity is highly likely to become AI’s next blockbuster market, while reiterating confidence in 70% revenue growth next year. He dismissed AI extinction fears as vendors “creating a problem to create demand.” NVIDIA has partnered with CrowdStrike on the SafeMind AI defense system for an era when attack response windows have shrunk to 27 seconds.
GPT-6 Astra Is Here: Jensen Huang Declares “AGI Has Arrived” — Perfect Benchmarks, an Apology and a Safety Backlash
OpenAI has officially released GPT-6 Astra, its most powerful and aligned model yet, with President Greg Brockman declaring “Welcome to the AGI era.” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang echoed on X: “AGI has arrived.” Astra scores 98.6% on ARC-AGI-3 and 100% on ExploitBench, yet only 61 on Artificial Analysis’ index — level with GPT-5.6 Sol. Its recurrent-depth architecture has drawn collective fire from AI safety experts, and Sam Altman has publicly apologized for the messy staggered rollout. The battle over AGI’s definition has officially begun.
Nvidia Buys Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion: The AI Giant’s Biggest Bet on Open Source
Nvidia has officially agreed to buy open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, its second-largest deal ever. Jensen Huang promises the platform with 3 million models and 18 million developers will remain open. Two years after rejecting Nvidia’s investment, Hugging Face sells — the neutral era of open-source AI is over.
Nvidia Q2 Revenue Doubles to $96.2B — Jensen Huang Says AGI Is Here, and His Only Regret Is Not Betting Sooner
Nvidia’s fiscal Q2 2027 revenue doubled to $96.2 billion, beating estimates, with data center revenue up 117% to $89 billion and Q3 guidance of $108 billion. CEO Jensen Huang stunned the earnings call by saying AGI has been achieved “but it doesn’t really matter” — arguing AI productivity and profitability are what count, and his only regret is not investing earlier. We break down the numbers and the narrative.
