‘Sundar is his name’: Donald Trump calls Pichai a ‘monster’; The CEO of Google has a funny comeback | Today’s news
US President Donald Trump’s unusual description of Google CEO Sundar Pichai as a “monster” has drawn attention after a video of the exchange surfaced online.
The interaction took place during a meeting at the White House on Tuesday, attended by some of the biggest names in the global technology industry, with discussions focused on the development of frontier artificial intelligence.
What did Trump say about Sundar Pichai?
During an interaction with reporters, Trump turned to Pichai and asked, “Sunder, do you want to say something?”
When the Google CEO began, “First of all, thank you…” Trump cut him off and continued his praise.
“This guy is a monster and nobody knows him. What a great life! To be a monster and not have to go through that. All you have to know is – SUNDARR! Sundar is his name,” Trump said.
Pichai responded to the unusual description with a joke.
“Hopefully a better slogan than I’m a monster!” Pichai said, drawing laughter from those around them.
Social media reacts to Trump’s “monstrous” comment
The exchange quickly drew backlash on social media, with users commenting on Trump’s choice of words and the reactions of those in attendance.
One user wrote: “Another signature trumps a backhanded compliment lol”
Another user wrote: “Wow, zoom in on all the faces of the people in the background and watch every time he starts saying Sundar is a monster. Each face tells an interesting story.”
A third user wrote: “BUAHHAHA no one knows him. Because Trump doesn’t know him so he assumes no one else does.”
Sundar Pichai, Zuckerberg, Musk among tech leaders in the White House
The exchange took place during a White House meeting called by Trump to discuss accountability for tech companies developing borderline artificial intelligence.
The meeting brought together several high-profile tech executives, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, xAI CEO Elon Musk, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
The discussion also focused on “Super-Intelligence”, a new term that refers to the development of increasingly advanced artificial intelligence systems.
The meeting comes as major tech companies continue to invest in frontier artificial intelligence and debate how companies developing the technology should approach its development and responsibilities.
