Nvidia’s Huang rejects AI slowdown calls in CBS interview

Nvidia ↗ 1.34% CEO Jensen Huang pushed back against growing fears that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity, telling CBS News' Jo Ling Kent that "2030 is not going to be the end of the world" in an exclusive interview set to air on CBS Sunday Morning this weekend.cbsnews+1

Huang's remarks place him firmly at odds with a wave of alarm that has swept through the AI industry over the past week, triggered by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's essay "We Must Pace the Frontier," published on September 12, which called for a coordinated slowdown in frontier AI model development. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman endorsed the essay's conclusions, as did Elon Musk, in a rare alignment among the industry's fiercest competitors.bbc+3

A Week of Deepening Division

Huang has spent the week making his dissent clear. On September 14, President Donald Trump called Huang while the Nvidia chief was onstage at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles, with both men criticizing calls for an AI slowdown. Trump dismissed the safety concerns as a "hoax," while Huang assured the president, "We're not going to let that happen, sir".nytimes+1

Days later, at a private summit convened by King Charles III at Dumfries House in Scotland on Thursday, Huang struck a more measured tone but maintained his opposition to new regulation. He called for "responsible optimism" and argued that the industry, not governments, should bear the primary responsibility for safety. "Those of us building AI must test systems rigorously," Huang said. "When a product is not safe enough, we should hold it back and keep engineering".taipeitimes+1

Stakes for Nvidia and the AI Industry

The debate carries direct financial implications for Nvidia, which is the dominant supplier of AI accelerators. Huang told reporters at the Scotland event that he expects to sell twice as many chips in the coming year, and last month the company projected sales growth of 70 percent in its next fiscal year.taipeitimes

The summit brought together figures from across the divide, including OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, Google Alphabet Inc. ↗ 0.21% DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis, and Anthropic public affairs chief Tino Cuellar. Two AI researchers recently quit Google DeepMind and Anthropic, claiming the technology could be lethal — concerns that King Charles addressed directly, urging the assembled leaders to provide "reassurance that we will not lose control of our destiny".apnews+1

Huang's CBS interview, previewed on Friday, adds another public forum to his campaign against what he has called the "doomer narrative" — even as pressure mounts from lawmakers, rival executives, and a British monarch.instagram+1