Nvidia's Huang advocates against AI regulation, emphasizes market self-regulation

Nvidia's founder and CEO, Jensen Huang, argued at Salesforce's Dreamforce conference that AI safety should be addressed through engineering rather than legal frameworks. Huang stated that AI, being a product of human development, can be controlled by existing laws and that the free market would naturally incentivize companies to avoid releasing unsafe products. He emphasized that innovation and safety are not mutually exclusive, urging companies to 'run as fast as they can' while ensuring product safety. Despite Huang's confidence in market self-regulation, critics highlight past incidents such as the 2024 CrowdStrike outage and Meta's $18 billion settlement over social media harms, underscoring the need for caution. Huang also promoted open-weight models as a counterbalance to proprietary AI labs, though he did not address industry self-regulation directly. Microsoft's Satya Nadella called for global cooperation on AI safety, noting that China should share similar concerns as the U.S. Huang's influence could shape future AI policy, as he has recently gained the attention of President Trump.