Nvidia CEO Calls for Shutting Down Uncontainable AI Labs

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made headlines this week after stating that AI labs should be shut down if they cannot contain their own experiments. The comments were made during an interview with New York Times columnist Ezra Klein, which was published on September 23, 2026.

Huang drew a hard line on artificial intelligence safety, saying that if a lab concludes it has no way to contain its experiments and the failure would cause harm, then shutting down is the correct outcome. He also emphasized the importance of not shipping unready products, comparing an untested AI system to a self-driving vehicle that hasn't cleared safety standards.

This isn't the first time Huang has commented on AI safety this month. In previous interviews, he rejected industry-wide pauses and defended rapid buildout of AI infrastructure, insisting responsibility for safe deployment sits with individual companies rather than regulators.