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Limited seats available, first come first served. Let us embark together on this sustainable journey! [Click to register] NVIDIA (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang recently responded to Pope Leo XIV's criticism of AI safety and regulation, saying the issues raised by the Pope are necessary and important, while emphasizing that NVIDIA is working hard to make AI a safe and positive technology for society.
"He is asking all the right questions, and he is thinking about all the right topics," Huang said of the Pope's remarks in an interview on Wednesday. "I am very much looking forward to seeing where these questions lead."
Pope Leo made those comments at a press conference in late September. He told reporters that concerns about AI potentially destroying the world are not "fake news" and should be taken seriously, apparently responding to U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly said he believes fears about AI getting out of control are a "hoax."
Pope Leo XIV also directly pointed to Huang, saying he was skeptical of NVIDIA's announcements regarding AI guardrails, because Huang had previously said there should be no limits and no government regulation. Huang said in an interview earlier this month that he agreed with Trump's view that concerns about AI safety have been exaggerated. NVIDIA also launched a software platform designed to prevent AI agents from breaking through control boundaries.
In his Wednesday interview, Huang said he was not sure what the Pope specifically meant, but defended NVIDIA's work on AI safety. "I am not entirely sure what the intent of those remarks was, but the fact is that when it comes to advancing AI safety and doing so in a way that benefits the entire industry, almost no one has done as much as we have," he said.
He cited NVIDIA's open-source safety technologies, frameworks for improving enterprise quality, and efforts in auditing, governance, and standards-setting. "We are doing everything we can, and what we are doing will be enormously helpful," he said.
Huang believes these tools could have helped address incidents that have already occurred. "We can always discuss hypothetical events that have not yet happened, but as engineers, we should develop technologies, methods, and practices to deal with events that have already happened," he said.
Huang also said he shares common ground with some of the Pope's concerns. "We all care about the same thing, which is a future full of optimism: this technology having a tremendous positive impact on society, while advancing with great responsibility, safety, and accountability," he said.
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