Nvidia’s Huang Urges Tech Leaders to Avoid AI Fearmongering (1)

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said tech leaders need to be careful not to scare people about artificial intelligence, in response to a question about how Anthropic PBC could have better handled messy contract negotiations with the Pentagon.

“The desire to warn people about the capability of the technology is really terrific,” Huang said during a panel for the company’s technology conference. “Warning is good, scaring is less good, because this technology is too important to us.”

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

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Underpinning that advice is Huang’s belief that the greatest US national security risk with AI is that Americans are so ...