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Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang shrug off red-alarm AI warnings calling for government regulation

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Herzlich, T. (2026, September 16). Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang shrug off red-alarm AI warnings calling for government regulation. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/16/business/metas-mark-zuckerberg-nvidias-jensen-huang-shrug-off-ai-warnings-calling-for-regulation/

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Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang, CEOs of Meta and Nvidia respectively, dismissed calls for government regulation in artificial intelligence, arguing that companies themselves have incentives and responsibilities to ensure safe AI development. In contrast, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned about the risks if AI technology becomes too powerful, advocating for slower development speeds among labs to prevent potential harms. This debate was highlighted at the Salesforce Dreamforce event and on CNBC’s “Mad Money,” where Huang further stressed that companies can maintain both speed and safety without regulatory intervention.
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On CNBC’s "Mad Money" on Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia boss Jensen Huang dismissed recent warnings from AI experts calling for government regulation of artificial intelligence. They argued that companies should be responsible for ensuring the safe development of AI technology. Zuckerberg stated that there is a natural incentive for labs to create safer models because people won’t use agents that are misaligned with their needs, and they face significant liability if their models cause harm. Huang echoed similar sentiments at the Salesforce Dreamforce event, asserting that rapid development and product safety do not have to be mutually exclusive, and it is up to each company to ensure safeguards rather than relying on regulators. Their comments contrasted sharply with warnings from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who urged companies to slow down AI model development due to the risks involved if the technology becomes too powerful.

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On CNBC’s “Mad Money” on Tuesday, he called the push for more government intervention “just completely unnecessary,” saying there are already “plenty of laws.” Their comments made for a big contrast with warnings from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who published a lengthy essay over the weekend calling on rival companies to slow their development of AI models — fearful of the risks if the tech becomes too powerful.
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🔮 “Every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move at the pace required to train its models safely, and the ability to take its own actions to ensure that happens,” he wrote late Tuesday on X. “My view is that trust and alignment are quickly becoming the most important capabilities that will differentiate agents and models.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia boss Jensen Huang shrugged off AI gurus’ recent spate of red alarms calling for government regs, saying the matter should be left to companies themselves. asserted
matter → shrug → companies
Zuck said AI labs have a natural incentive to create safer models because “people won’t want to use agents that are misaligned with them and that don’t do what they ask,” and they’ll face “significant liability if their models cause harm.” asserted
models → say → harm
“Every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move at the pace required to train its models safely, and the ability to take its own actions to ensure that happens,” he wrote late Tuesday on X. “My view is that trust and alignment are quickly becoming the most important capabilities that will differentiate agents and models. asserted
that → have → agents
Any lab that doesn’t focus on alignment will fall behind,” he added. asserted
he → focus → alignment
For his part, Huang said Tuesday that speedy development and product safety don’t have to be opposed to each other, arguing it should be each company’s responsibility to ensure safeguards – not regulators. “It’s a false choice,” Huang said Tuesday at the annual Salesforce Dreamforce event, referring to the debate about speed versus safety. asserted
Huang → say → safety
“You could definitely have both at the same time.” uncertain
You → have → time
“Run as fast as you can. asserted
you → run → ?
But if you feel at any given point in time the company’s out of control or the product’s not going to be safe, asserted
product → feel → control
take a pause and make sure you get it right asserted
it → take → pause
,” he told Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff in front of an audience. asserted
he → tell → audience
On CNBC’s “Mad Money” on Tuesday, he called the push for more government intervention “just completely unnecessary,” saying there are already “plenty of laws.” Their comments made for a big contrast with warnings from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who published a lengthy essay over the weekend calling on rival companies to slow their development of AI models — fearful of the risks if the tech becomes too powerful. asserted
tech → call → risks
At the Dreamforce conference, Altman doubled down on the need for global cooperation between leading tech firms during a fireside chat with Benioff. asserted
Altman → double → Benioff
“I think it’s great for our industry to say we want to come together and we want to be able to coordinate and make sure we have enough time to do this safely,” Altman said. asserted
Altman → think → this
“But when there’s any implication that because of the commercial pressures and the race, some company or between countries, some countries might not do the right thing, I think that’s when people get very scared.” uncertain
people → ’ → thing
He specifically took aim at Amodei for “pretending to be a ‘perfect little angel.’” asserted
He → take → Amodei
China has already signaled an unwillingness to cooperate, with a state-backed newspaper comparing the warnings to a “Cold War” tactic. asserted
newspaper → signal → tactic
Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, chalked the warnings up to “fear mongering” while Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country will take the lead when it comes to fostering AI collaboration among developing countries. asserted
it → chalk → countries
In his essay, Amodei predicted that foreign rivals may not be willing to coordinate the pacing of AI development. uncertain
rivals → predict → development
“I think that’s going to be very difficult because the incentives to pull ahead and the military advantage that you get from that are so large. asserted
you → think → that
And honestly, I don’t know if it’s possible, but we should try,” he told CBS News’ “Sunday Morning” over the weekend. asserted
he → know → weekend
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