Jensen Huang: AI risks need to be reminded, but should not trigger public panic

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang stated that technology industry leaders need to be cautious when discussing artificial intelligence to avoid causing public panic, especially in response to how Anthropic could have handled contract negotiations with the Pentagon better. Huang said, “We want to remind people of the potential risks of this technology.” “Reminding is good, but creating panic is not, because this technology is too important to us.” Huang believes that the greatest national security risk the U.S. faces in the AI field is that the American public, driven by anger, fear, or paranoia, causes the country to fall behind its competitors in adopting this technology. Anthropic is an important customer of NVIDIA, and its CEO insists that contract terms prohibit the company’s products from being used for surveillance of Americans and for fully autonomous weapons. As a result, the Trump administration identified Anthropic as a supply chain risk and began to exclude it from various government contracts.