Jensen Huang, the chief executive officer (CEO) of AI chip leader NVIDIA, assessed that "these three initiatives will fundamentally change the United States' position over the next few years" regarding the three executive orders on artificial intelligence (AI) signed by President Donald Trump.
On the 24th (local time), CEO Huang noted in an interview with Fox News that "President Trump will make the U.S. technology stack spread around the world at an astonishing rate." He also added, "The content the President announced today will accelerate AI innovation in the U.S., and based on all the infrastructure and energy he will put in place, the adoption of AI in the U.S. will also speed up."
He emphasized, "We are at a pivotal moment of technological transformation. We are reinventing computing for the first time in 60 years. This is truly significant."
Earlier, President Trump signed three executive orders related to AI after announcing the White House's AI action plan at the 'AI Competition Victory Summit' event held in Washington, D.C. These executive orders include provisions for the federal government to swiftly proceed with approval procedures when establishing AI data center infrastructure, promote the export of U.S. AI models through federal agencies, and ensure that AI models do not adopt ideological bias theories such as 'woke.'
When asked about the process of Trump allowing the resumption of sales of NVIDIA's H20 chip to China, CEO Huang replied, "I did my best to convey the information. The important point here is that the U.S. wins when its technology becomes the global standard."
He added, "The reason the re-entry of the H20 chip was so important is that 50% of the world's AI researchers and tens of thousands of AI startups are in China. We want to ensure every opportunity to compete in that market and secure developers. And when that happens, half of the world's AI researchers will develop on top of the U.S. technology stack, and when that technology spreads and disseminates globally, we become the global standard."
He remarked, "Just as the world economy is based on the dollar, we now want the world to be built on this technology standard."
When asked about the possibility of Chinese corporations replicating the H20 chip in the near future, he responded in a manner suggesting that U.S. technological innovation can adequately respond. He said, "As far as I know, there is no industry in the world that has dominated technology, innovation, and leadership for such a long time other than the U.S. computer industry. We are ready to compete head-on with anyone and will innovate at a pace never seen before."
He also emphasized the importance of energy growth. He stated, "Without energy, we cannot become a global leader in the AI field," adding, "It was really impressive that President Trump made it clear from day one that he supports energy and energy growth. How can we create new industries and growth opportunities without energy growth?"