Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang criticized prominent AI leaders for stoking public fears about artificial intelligence, calling predictions of catastrophe by 2030 “irresponsible” and not grounded in science. In a CBS interview, Huang argued that AI safety is chiefly an engineering challenge, contending that companies should be held to existing laws rather than pushing for new rules that could dilute current accountability. He suggested that some advocates of dire scenarios may have “ulterior reasons,” and urged the industry to focus resources on verification and safety practices while advancing development “as fast as we can, but not faster than we should.”
Huang’s comments arrive amid a policy debate over how to regulate fast-advancing AI capabilities. President Donald Trump recently rejected calls for stricter regulation and proposed creating an “AI Force” led by a federal “czar,” while industry figures including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman have floated slowing model development and establishing independent safety evaluations. The remarks carry weight given Nvidia’s outsize role as the leading supplier of chips that power AI systems, a position that has vaulted the company’s market value alongside demand for advanced computing.
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