‘Important and consequential’: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang on US-China AI race, risk management
The US and China need to improve communication, work together more closely and more fully embrace technology to stem risks associated with artificial intelligence, the founder of Nvidia said on Monday. “We should recognise that we’re competitors, and competitors are still able to collaborate,” said Jensen Huang, head of the world’s most valuable company, with a market capitalisation of about…
US and China must improve communication and work together to address risks associated with artificial intelligence, according to Jensen Huang, the founder of Nvidia, a world's most valuable company with a market capitalization of about $5.5 trillion. Huang, speaking on Monday, emphasized that while competitors, they can still collaborate on this crucial technology that holds immense potential for good but also poses significant threats.
This call for collaboration comes after US President Donald Trump rejected international regulatory frameworks for US technology and a joint US-China AI safety framework during a recent address to the United Nations General Assembly.
Huang, addressing concerns over AI agents potentially "going rogue" and operating outside human control, announced a new software platform at the Korea Society, where he received the Van Fleet Award. This platform would enable companies to monitor every action undertaken by an AI agent and enforce policies. Huang acknowledged that the industry has not done enough to gain public support for the need for data centers, and promised to be a better "guest, a new neighbour" to the communities surrounding these facilities in the future.
Meanwhile, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is contemplating allowing major tech companies to purchase Nvidia chips again, following their previous blocking to bolster China's tech self-sufficiency. Huang acknowledged the Chinese government's interest in fostering domestic companies but stressed the importance of maintaining compute capacity for the digital economy, stating that without it, China's economy would be suppressed.
He also highlighted the need to embrace AI technology for safety, comparing its development to the safety advancements in automobiles over the past century.
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