The rise of powerful AI will be either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity. We do not yet know which."
—Stephen Hawking
AI is causing more software engineers to be hired, insists Huang even as Q1 2026 saw over 100,000 tech jobs slashed.
Jensen Huang hitched a last-minute ride to Beijing on Air Force One. He left without a single H200 chip shipped to a cleared Chinese customer. The Trump-Xi summit produced warm photographs, a tariff truce, and no resolution on the three things that actually move the AI race, chips, rare earths, and a safety channel between the two governments.
