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We don’t need AI regulation — leave safety to us, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says

TechCrunch · · International · AI Governance

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has publicly argued against government regulation of AI, saying the industry should be trusted to handle safety on its own. The statement positions one of the most powerful companies in AI infrastructure against external oversight.

Why this matters: The head of the company that makes the chips powering almost every major AI system is telling governments to stay out of it. That is not a neutral technical opinion. It is a business position from someone with enormous financial stakes in how fast AI moves. Self-regulation sounds reasonable until you ask what happens when the people setting the safety rules are the same ones selling the product. Nvidia does not bear the downstream costs when AI goes wrong. Other people do.

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