As the debate over artificial intelligence safety reverberates across Silicon Valley, the head of NVIDIA has placed himself firmly on the opposing side.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has made his stance clear in recent public appearances, pushing back against legislative or regulatory limits on AI progress. He appeared alongside Donald Trump and branded the industry's prevailing discussions on AI safety as a "false choice," making him one of the most prominent dissenting voices in the ongoing dispute.

During a conversation with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff at a San Francisco gathering on Tuesday, September 15, Huang delivered his position without ambiguity: "Market forces are already there. We don't need any new laws, and we don't need any new regulations."

He argued that innovation in AI and responsible safety measures are not mutually exclusive. "You can absolutely have both," Huang stated. "So run as fast as you can, but if at some point you feel the company is out of control, or the product is not safe enough, then pause, and make it right."

He also shifted the burden onto individual corporations, saying: "If you build a product or service and you don't have confidence in its function, its capability, or its safety, then don't release it. It's very obvious: you set your own pace until you have the confidence to launch something the market will accept."

A Departure from Industry Consensus

Around the time of Huang's comments, the AI sector witnessed an unusual event—rivals joining forces. As reported by the Financial Times, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Sam Altman of OpenAI, and Elon Musk publicly called for a coordinated slowdown in AI research to address potential existential risks. Google and Microsoft also threw their support behind the demand for novel AI safety approaches.

Huang's position stands in sharp contrast to this prevailing industry alignment. Notably, NVIDIA is a significant investor in OpenAI, Anthropic, and Musk's SpaceX, and these same labs also rank among NVIDIA's primary chip customers.

A Public Display of Unity with Trump

This was not Huang's first time taking a stand on the issue. On Monday, he took a live call from Trump at another event. Trump again dismissed existential AI threats as a "hoax" and strongly resisted any initiatives to slow down American AI research or data center development.

Huang's immediate reply was, "You're right, and we won't let that happen, sir."

Deeply Tied Commercial Interests

Huang's stance is difficult to separate from NVIDIA's commercial reality. The $5 trillion chip giant has leveraged the explosive demand for its processors in AI model training to become one of the most valuable companies in the world. The momentum of AI infrastructure investment is directly linked to NVIDIA's revenue stream.

This year, NVIDIA invested $30 billion in OpenAI and provided up to $105 billion in financing guarantees for its data center campus project in Ohio. Furthermore, the company has pledged an additional investment of up to $10 billion in Anthropic and acquired a $2 billion stake in Musk's xAI, which subsequently merged with SpaceX before a major public listing in June.