Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: AI Firms Seeking Regulation Should Not Get Antitrust Immunity

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said AI companies should not receive exemptions from antitrust or product liability laws if they are asking for regulation. In a New York Times podcast released Sept. 23, 2026, Huang discussed the topic during a nearly two-hour interview, also touching on the recent OpenAI agent intrusion at Hugging Face, the open-source AI software hub that Nvidia agreed to acquire for $13 billion in September 2026.

Huang has consistently opposed broad regulation of AI safety, even as labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic have called for it. He reiterated that AI labs are responsible for testing their products and should only release models after they are confident in their safety. "If you're asking for regulation, you shouldn't ask to be exempted from existing regulations," he said, according to a transcript published by The New York Times.

The remarks come after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei earlier this month argued for antitrust immunity for AI labs to cooperate on safety, while U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent and other officials have said some AI companies sought liability protections. Huang said he does not oppose regulation for specific AI applications such as autonomous vehicles. "Autonomous taxis, as a product, are already heavily regulated. If regulation is not enough, the NHTSA should step in and create new rules," he said.