{"slug": "nvidia-ceo-to-washington-don-t-fall-for-science-fiction-ai-fear", "title": "Nvidia CEO to Washington: Don't fall for \"science fiction\" AI fear", "summary": "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warned the Trump administration not to let \"science fiction\" fears about AI drive policy, arguing that overreaction could slow adoption and weaken America's competitive edge. In an interview with Axios, Huang called claims that AI will end humanity or destroy half of American jobs \"complete nonsense\" and suggested some companies invoke safety arguments to secure favorable regulations.", "body_md": "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is warning the Trump administration and other policymakers not to let \"science fiction\" fears about AI drive policy — arguing that overreaction could slow adoption and weaken America's competitive edge.\nWhy it matters: Washington is navigating two AI minefields at once: how to manage increasingly advanced systems, and whether to restrict powerful open-source models emerging from China over alleged IP theft and security risks.\nDriving the news: Huang railed against AI doomerism in an interview with Axios' Mike Allen for our \"Behind the Curtain\" video series — implicitly challenging fellow tech CEOs who have emphasized the technology's potentially catastrophic risks.\n\"The fact that this is going to be the end of humanity — it's complete nonsense,\" Huang said. \"The fact that this is going to destroy half of the American jobs is complete nonsense.\"\nScaring workers and companies away from using AI, he said, poses the greater danger.\nHuang called on policymakers to consult more than \"one or two\" CEOs and avoid restricting the technology based on scenarios that have not materialized.\n\"Before you listen to all the rhetoric, before you listen to all the stories, before you manifest some kind of artificial intelligence future that is just not true — it's science fiction.\"\nHe also suggested some companies are invoking safety arguments to secure favorable regulations: \"Some of the companies hope that the government would be helpful in creating regulations to their advantage.\"\nAsked whether he feared the administration could overcorrect, Huang said yes.\nBetween the lines: Anthropic and OpenAI have pushed Washington to take the most advanced systems and their potential risks seriously. Critics say those safety campaigns could also entrench the labs' market position.\nHuang did not name either company, and Nvidia is a major partner and supplier to both.\nAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei, in particular, has been at the center of high-stakes fights with the Pentagon and White House over how the government should use and deploy advanced AI.\nThe big picture: The Trump administration is pushing rapid AI adoption while treating some advanced frontier systems as a national-security risk. At the same time, officials and American CEOs are warning about Chinese open models.\nOn Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened sanctions and trade restrictions against Chinese firms conducting what he called \"industrial-scale distillation attacks.\"\nEarlier that day, Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios accused Chinese startup Moonshot AI of distilling Anthropic's technology to develop Kimi and said it likely used Nvidia chips to train its models.\nA Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security spokesperson told Axios it's investigating potential Nvidia Blackwell chip export violations.\nThe intrigue: Huang has unusual influence with the Trump administration — and a knack for speaking its language.\nHe lavished praise on President Trump and his top advisers, calling White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick \"incredible people.\"\n\"They want to see his presidency's success, and we all do. He's my president and I want my president to be successful so that our country could be successful.\"\nThat relationship has coincided with major policy wins for Nvidia, including approval to resume exports of some AI chips to China.\nThe bottom line: As AI capabilities surge and Chinese models improve, Huang's worldview faces its biggest test yet: whether Washington treats openness and rapid adoption as sources of American strength — or as risks to contain.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-ceo-to-washington-don-t-fall-for-science-fiction-ai-fear", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/nvidia-ceo-to-washington-dont-fall-for-science-fiction-ai-fe-ytaq", "published_at": "2026-07-23 09:30:04+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-23 10:37:40.913961+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-safety", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Nvidia", "Jensen Huang", "Trump administration", "Anthropic", "OpenAI", "Dario Amodei", "Scott Bessent", "Michael Kratsios"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-ceo-to-washington-don-t-fall-for-science-fiction-ai-fear", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-ceo-to-washington-don-t-fall-for-science-fiction-ai-fear.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-ceo-to-washington-don-t-fall-for-science-fiction-ai-fear.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-ceo-to-washington-don-t-fall-for-science-fiction-ai-fear.jsonld"}}