Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Opposes Antitrust and Liability Waivers for AI Firms

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said artificial intelligence companies should not be granted exemptions from antitrust or product liability laws, arguing that firms seeking regulation should not simultaneously ask to be freed from existing rules.

In a nearly two-hour interview on a New York Times podcast hosted by Ezra Klein, Huang discussed a range of AI issues, including OpenAI agents that hacked Hugging Face, the open-source AI software hub Nvidia acquired for $13 billion this month.

Huang, who leads the world's most valuable publicly listed company, has previously opposed blanket AI safety regulation even as labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic have called for it. He reiterated that AI labs bear the responsibility for testing their products and should release models only once they are satisfied the models are safe.

"However, in the complexity of the work that they do, to ask for regulatory relief for antitrust or product liability relief — that I don't think makes sense. When you're asking for regulation, don't ask for relief of the current ones," Huang said, according to a transcript published by the newspaper.

The remarks come after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called this month for an antitrust waiver that would allow AI labs to collaborate on safety issues. Some U.S. officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, have said AI firms have sought liability shields, without naming specific companies.

Huang also said he is not opposed to regulation for specific products where AI is applied, such as self-driving cars. "The car as a product — the robo-taxi — has lots of regulations. If it doesn't have enough regulations, then NHTSA ought to get involved and come up with new regulations," he said. "The car industry should have new regulations. I don't know what's missing, but if there is something missing, then I would absolutely add more regulation."