Jensen Huang
Role at the time: Chief executive of Nvidia speaking in an on-stage interview
Condemned
Statement summary
Huang said the AI industry needs no new laws or regulations, and that companies should simply withhold products they are not confident are safe.
“We don’t need any new laws. We don’t need new regulations. … If you build a product or a service and you’re not confident in its functionality, capability or safety, then don’t release it.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)‘We don't need any new laws’: Nvidia's Jensen Huang doubles down after Trump callReport on the Dreamforce conference, quoting Huang, Amodei, Altman and Benioff.
Politico report datelined San Francisco, timestamped 5:27 PM ET on September 15, 2026 and updated at 7:08 PM. Covers the Dreamforce megaconference hosted by Marc Benioff, at which Huang, Amodei and Altman each spoke.
Why we used this label
The case proposition is that Washington should impose stronger safeguards on frontier AI. Huang rejects that proposition directly, arguing existing arrangements suffice and that safety is a release decision for companies.