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At Nvidia's GTC, Jensen Huang Will Have to Sell AI to an Increasingly Skeptical Public

Bad AI polling numbers could lead to data center delays. Jensen to the rescue?

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Mar 16, 2026
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As Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang takes the stage at his company’s flagship GTC event on Monday, the stakes will be especially high. Nvidia’s annual conference is always a major moment for the company’s products and roadmap, but this year GTC will look more like a legitimacy test for the next phase of AI buildout.

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I'm a journalist covering tech/marketing/policy for NYT, Fast Company, Inc., Big Technology, Transformer, and more. (Previously was on staff at Digiday, Forbes, Adweek, and the AP.) Born in MN, I’m now in NYC with my wife Emily & our dog, Willoughby.
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