Nvidia CEO Would Stop Selling Chips to Unsafe AI Companies

Nvidia's top boss, Jensen Huang, said he would stop selling computer chips to any company that was building unsafe artificial intelligence (AI). He made this comment during an interview in London with a reporter from Bloomberg. Huang said it would not happen right away — first, he would have a serious talk with the company in question. Still, he made it clear that selling chips to an irresponsible developer is something he would be willing to refuse.

Nvidia makes the special chips that power most of the world's AI systems. These chips help computers learn, think, and make decisions very quickly. Because Nvidia is so important to the AI industry, many people watch what Huang says and does very closely. Some AI leaders, like Dario Amodei of a company called Anthropic, have called for the whole industry to slow down so safety problems can be fixed first.

Huang does not fully agree with those worries. He thinks the AI industry is simply going through growing pains — the normal struggles that come when something new grows very fast. He believes AI can be kept safe and used responsibly if companies put in the right effort. He also said the industry is doing a poor job of telling people about the many good things AI can do.

Huang added that AI itself can actually help keep AI safe. He wants companies to build better tools for watching and controlling AI systems. 'We should accelerate the integration of this containment technology into AI systems,' he said. In other words, he believes the best way to deal with AI risks is to use more smart technology — not less.

As part of Nvidia's safety commitment, the company is giving 250 million US dollars over five years to support AI safety research in the United Kingdom. That money will mostly come in the form of time on powerful computers that researchers can use. Universities like Oxford and University College London will study how to keep AI under control. Nvidia will not hand over cash directly, but the computing time is worth a great deal to scientists.

Huang was speaking during a trip across Europe before a big company event in Berlin. On the same day he spoke, Nvidia's stock price dropped along with other chip company stocks in the United States. Even so, Huang repeated his belief that fears about an 'AI bubble' — the idea that AI investment might crash like a popped balloon — are too strong. He said the demand for AI technology will keep growing faster than companies can supply it for years to come.