Jensen Huang tells CNBC Nvidia must cooperate with Chinese AI companies on safety

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a CNBC interview on October 15, 2026 that his company has to work with Chinese AI companies on safety. CNBC put out its report on the interview that day, noting that Huang has ongoing 'dialogs' with researchers in China. Hours later, the Chinese tech outlet IT之家 published its own account of the same interview, adding further detail to his remarks.

According to IT之家, Huang views AI as a potentially dangerous technology and believes it is 'absolutely necessary' for Nvidia to work with Chinese AI companies to jointly monitor the risks this frontier technology poses. 'We should absolutely cooperate with each other to advance AI in a safe way,' he said. In his view, the cooperation should take the form of dialogue, and he noted that he has been in regular contact with researchers in China.

The IT之家 report also placed the comments against a wider backdrop: AI safety has become an important topic in discussions between the United States and China, and both countries are weighing how to respond as the technology develops rapidly. US Treasury Secretary Bessent has previously proposed to the Chinese side a bilateral AI safety risk notification mechanism along with communication channels, aimed at potential crises such as AI agents slipping out of control, cybersecurity, and biological threats.

Both articles appeared on October 15, 2026, with CNBC first and IT之家 following a few hours later, and both trace back to the same interview. As of this coverage, the story rests on Huang's remarks themselves, with no follow-up developments reported.