No one is surprised that Nvidia’s Jensen Huang thinks AI fears are overblown.

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/STKP210_JENSEN_HUANG_D.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The man who may stand to make the most money from the AI boom seems to think he knows better than anyone else, including <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/996563/ai-safety-research-metr-redwood-openai-anthropic">researchers</a> who have studied and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/podcast/996412/microsoft-ai-ceo-mustafa-suleyman-regulation-safety-anthropic-claude">worked on AI</a> for decades. In an interview with <em><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jensen-huang-nvidia-rejects-ai-extinction-warnings/">CBS Sunday Morning</a></em>, he claimed there was a "0% chance" of <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/991927/anthropic-ai-kill-all-humans">AI being the end of the world</a>. He also said of people sounding the alarm about the dangers of AI that, "Scaring people is unnecessary. It is irresponsible."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">He also claims that calls from CEOs like Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman to <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994337/anthropic-ceo-slow-down-ai-development">slow down</a> the development of AI are "not grounded in science." He even argued that there was no need for new rules, laws, or guidelines, in …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/997936/nvidia-jensen-huang-ai-fears-overblown">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>