Nvidia CEO says his company “absolutely must” work with Chinese AI firms to keep a close eye on the risks of this  “potentially dangerous” technology. 

Huang said this during a media briefing with CNBC on Wednesday evening in London.  “We absolutely should work with each other so that we advance the technology safely,” he said.

Huang said he holds “dialogues with many of the researchers in China.” That ongoing chat, in his view, is the right way forward.

“We ought to enhance the dialogue,” he added. Then he urged the United States and the U.K. to follow that path.

AI Safety

Researchers from top AI labs, including OpenAI and Anthropic, have called for a slowdown in building the technology. Others warned of existential risks to humanity.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei both want greater regulation. But Huang has become one of the loudest voices against that view. 

Both the Chinese and the U.S. governments have made AI safety a key topic. And each side is trying to figure out how to handle the risks of a fast-moving technology.

Before President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent held a meeting of his own. 

In September, he spoke with his Chinese counterpart, He Lifeng, about a possible “U.S.-China AI dialogue.” The idea included a channel for incidents “up to a national security level.”

A Chinese readout of the meeting said the two countries “may have competition, but they may cooperate even more” in AI. 

Xi said the two sides can keep talking, swap views on AI’s risks and benefits, and work to prevent its misuse and abuse, according to the readout.

The U.K. 

According to Huang, the U.K. is in a strong spot “to be a convener of many of these dialogues” due to the country’s “intellectual capital.”

In plain terms, the U.K. has lots of smart people and respected research. That makes it a natural host for tough talks.