Jensen Huang calls for Nvidia to work with Chinese AI companies on safety

Nvidia “absolutely must” work with Chinese AI companies to monitor the risks of a technology its chief executive calls “potentially dangerous.” Jensen Huang made that case to CNBC at a London media briefing on October 14, urging stronger international dialogue to help advance AI safely, including involvement from the United States and United Kingdom.

His remarks, published by CNBC on October 15, add a corporate appeal for cooperation to an existing diplomatic discussion. U.S. and Chinese officials had already discussed a possible channel for serious AI incidents. Huang’s emphasis was on maintaining and strengthening contact with the companies and researchers developing the technology.

September’s talks put AI incidents on the agenda

In September, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discussed the prospect of a U.S.-China AI dialogue with his Chinese counterpart, He Lifeng. The discussion included a channel for incidents that could reach a national-security level, CNBC reported. That proposal concerned communication between governments about potentially serious situations, rather than research contacts alone.

A Chinese readout of President Xi Jinping’s meeting with President Donald Trump also presented competition and cooperation as compatible. It quoted Xi calling for continued exchanges on AI’s risks and benefits, and joint efforts to prevent misuse and abuse. Those remarks were attributed to Xi in China’s account, not presented as a joint commitment by both governments.

We absolutely should work with each other so that we advance the technology safely.

Jensen Huang, speaking to CNBC at the London media briefing

Huang wants existing contacts strengthened

At the London briefing, Huang described research dialogue as something he already practices. He said he has “dialogues with many of the researchers in China” and called for those exchanges to be enhanced. His appeal was therefore to strengthen existing contact, not simply to open a conversation for the first time.

He also called for broader government involvement. “The United States should do it,” Huang said, adding that he had advocated the same approach for the U.K. He argued that Britain’s “intellectual capital” puts it in a position to convene many AI-related discussions, giving it a role beyond its own bilateral exchanges.

The safety appeal sits alongside Huang’s opposition to greater AI regulation. CNBC contrasts his position with those of OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, who have called for more regulation. Researchers from both labs have also urged slower development and warned about risks to humanity.