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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urges G20 to target real-world AI harms

September 2, 2026 at 10:04 EDT

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged G20 governments on Wednesday to keep AI regulation focused on demonstrated, real-world harms rather than hypothetical scenarios, placing the chipmaker at the center of a widening fight over how quickly governments should oversee the technology.

September 2, 2026 · Nvidia

Huang calls for AI rules based on real harms

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged G20 governments to avoid regulations built around theoretical harms and focus on problems already connected to AI.

One group, global reach

G20 economies account for about 85% of global GDP. The column height shows that share against a full-world baseline.

GDP share · vertical scale uses the same unit

The debate has two pressure points

Pro-innovation case

Target problems demonstrated in practice
Avoid blanket AI-specific rules

Safety case

Demis Hassabis called for safety tests
Powerful systems may need checks before deployment

The policy fault line

Regulate what appears in practice, or test what could emerge?

Huang favors rules tied to real-world failures. Safety advocates want powerful AI systems evaluated before deployment.

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