By Radhika Anilkumar Nadig
Publication Date: 2026-09-24 07:08:00
Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang pushed back against calls for artificial intelligence labs to slow down collectively, but said labs should shut down if they cannot control their systems, while Sen. Bernie Sanders called for companies not to build the technology if they cannot safely contain it.
‘Don’t Ship It’
In an interview with New York Times podcast host Ezra Klein released on Wednesday, Huang said AI companies should not release systems that fail to meet safety standards, comparing the approach to testing a self-driving car before putting it on the road.
“If we’re going to build a car, a self-driving car, and we have no idea how to align them to the safety standards … what’s the answer? Don’t ship it,” the CEO of the world’s most valuable company said.
Huang added that labs should be shut down if they determine their AI experiments cannot be contained and could cause significant harm.
“If you say there is no way to contain our experiments, our AI is going to get out and damage the world … we have to shut the labs because the cost to humanity … the damage is too great.”
Pushes Back on Regulatory Relief
He said AI companies should not seek exemptions from existing rules as they move from research labs into major businesses,…
