Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company “absolutely must collaborate” with Chinese AI companies on monitoring risks related to “potentially dangerous” technology.
“We absolutely must work together to advance technology safely,” he told CNBC at a media briefing in London on Wednesday night.
Debate over the safety of AI has intensified in recent months, after researchers at AI institutes such as OpenAI and Anthropic called for a slowdown in technology development and warned of existential risks to humanity.
While OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei have called for stronger regulation, Huang has emerged as a prominent voice opposing that view.
Huang said the way to collaborate with Chinese AI companies is “dialogue,” adding: “We are in dialogue with many researchers in China.”
“Dialogue should be strengthened,” he added. “The United States should do the same…I advocated for the United Kingdom to do the same.”
US-China AI cooperation
AI safety has become a hot topic between the U.S. and Chinese governments, as both countries consider how to address the risks posed by rapidly advancing technology.
Ahead of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discussed the prospects for a “US-China AI dialogue” with Chinese Treasury Secretary He Lifeng in September, including the route of incidents “up to the national security level.”
According to the Chinese version of the meeting, Xi said China and the United States “may compete, but there is also the possibility of further cooperation” in the field of AI. “The two countries can continue dialogue on AI, exchange views on its risks and benefits, and jointly prevent the misuse and abuse of AI,” Xi said in a statement.
Mr Huang said the UK was in a position to “convene many of these conversations around the world” around AI because of its “intellectual capital”.
