On Tuesday, Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang pushed back on calls for new antitrust rules that could allow AI companies to coordinate a slowdown in the development of increasingly powerful models.
Jensen Huang Rejects New AI Antitrust Rules
Huang said AI companies do not need new laws or regulatory exemptions to properly test their products before releasing them. His comments came after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s proposal for AI labs to coordinate the pace of frontier-model development.
"The fact that we need new laws, new antitrust laws, or new regulations" to ensure companies properly engineer and test their products is "just completely unnecessary," Huang said on CNBC’s "Mad Money."
"We have plenty of laws. We have plenty of regulations that govern the reliability and the functionality of products," he added.
Amodei has argued that leading AI labs may need to coordinate on safety standards and limits on the pace of unchecked AI development. He said some forms of such coordination could face legal challenges and require government support or antitrust waivers.
‘Safety Is An Engineering Problem,’ Says Nvidia CEO
Huang said AI companies should instead focus on building safeguards into their products and testing them before release.
"Safety is an engineering problem. Testing is an engineering problem," Huang said.
He added that companies should create products, test them properly and hold back releases if the technology is not ready.
"AI safety is a real thing," Huang said, arguing that companies should innovate quickly without releasing unsafe products.
Huang Pushes Back On AI Doomsday Warnings
Huang also rejected warnings that increasingly powerful AI systems could pose an existential threat to humanity.
"We’re not going to die in 2030," he said, arguing that developers will continue creating guardrails and safety technologies as AI advances.
Huang is reportedly expected to join President Donald Trump at a state dinner honoring Chinese President Xi Jinping next week.
Zuckerberg Says AI Labs Must Prioritize Safety
On Tuesday, Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company delayed its Muse AI agent for several months to address safety and security concerns.
"Every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move at the pace required to train its models safely, and the ability to take its own actions to ensure that happens," Zuckerberg wrote on X.
He said AI companies already have strong incentives to prioritize safety, as users will avoid agents that ignore instructions or act against their interests.
Price Action: Nvidia closed at $212.17 on Tuesday, up 0.57%, while its Wednesday premarket price stood at $213.48, up 0.62%, according to Benzinga Pro.
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