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Huang made the comments during an interview with New York Times podcast host Ezra Klein, according to a report by BigGo Finance. He argued that companies asking governments to regulate artificial intelligence shouldn’t simultaneously seek relief from laws already governing corporate conduct and responsibility.

“When you’re asking for regulation, don’t ask for relief of the current ones,” Huang said in the interview, as quoted by BigGo Finance.

His position contrasts with a proposal from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who this month advocated for an antitrust waiver that would allow competing AI laboratories to cooperate on safety matters with less risk of running afoul of competition law, according to the report. BigGo Finance also reported that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said AI companies have sought protection from certain liabilities, without identifying individual firms.

Huang drew a distinction between broad restrictions on general-purpose AI models and regulation governing products that use the technology. Autonomous vehicles, he said, are an example of an application where additional rules could be warranted.

Huang said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should…