Jensen Huang on AI

29 quotes from Jensen Huang on the wall, 2024 to 2026, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include The Times of India, Fortune, CNBC.

Jensen Huang in the archive

  1. 2026
  2. If they believe that, they really ought to stop working on it

    Jensen Huang dismissing existential-risk warnings from AI lab leaders like Dario Amodei, in a 2026 Fortune interview.

    The Times of IndiaNvidia CEO Jensen Huang ‘strongly’ disagrees with OpenAI’s Sam Altman on AI agents hacking websites, ‘I’m

  3. I'm willing to accept no incidents of cybersecurity

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, in an interview with Fortune in London in October 2026, rejecting the idea that AI cyberattacks are an acceptable cost of progress.

    The Times of IndiaNvidia CEO Jensen Huang ‘strongly’ disagrees with OpenAI’s Sam Altman on AI agents hacking websites, ‘I’m

  4. AI's extraordinary potential for society will only be realized if we solve AI safety

    Jensen Huang, NVIDIA founder and CEO, in a September 2026 press release announcing the NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform.

    NVIDIA NewsroomNVIDIA Launches Open Agent Safety Platform to Secure Agents From Testing to Deployment

  5. It could be civil liabilities, it could be criminal liabilities

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, interviewed by Ezra Klein on The Ezra Klein Show, on what should happen to an AI lab that cannot contain its own experiments.

    Martin Cid MagazineNvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns AI labs: “It could be criminal liabilities”

  6. Their whole company is out of control

    Jensen Huang, in a CNN interview on Sep 25, 2026, responding to concerns about AI labs' 'doomer narrative' regarding loss of control over their models.

    garymarcus.substack.comBREAKING: OpenAI’s epic meltdown — and how Sam Altman is blowing up Jensen Huang’s reputation - Marcus on AI

  7. Go to school and engage with AI

    Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO, speaking to Anderson Cooper on CNN in 2026, on advice for children in the AI era.

    The Times of India“I don’t know what career is going to be the most successful but…”: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s advice to p

  8. Engage AI, learn what it can do, don't give up on it

    Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO, in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper in September 2026, describing the advice he gives his own children about AI.

    The Times of India“I don’t know what career is going to be the most successful but…”: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s advice to p

  9. The answer is that we have to shut the labs down

    Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO, on The Ezra Klein Show, September 2026, on what should happen if a lab says there is no way to contain its own experiments.

    The New York TimesJensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far (The Ezra Klein Show)

  10. We don't need any new laws, we don't need new regulations

    Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO, on stage with Marc Benioff at Dreamforce, September 2026, arguing against AI-specific regulation.

    TechCrunchWe don't need AI regulation — leave safety to us, Nvidia's Jensen Huang says

  11. TSMC needs to work very hard this year because I need a lot of wafers

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaking at an impromptu press conference in Taipei, January 2026, after hosting a 'trillion-dollar dinner' with Taiwanese suppliers.

    Reuters (via AsiaOne)'People's dad' Jensen Huang praises, pushes Nvidia suppliers on mobbed Taiwan visit

  12. We've done a lot of damage with very well-respected people who have painted a doomer narrative

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on the No Priors podcast with Sarah Guo and Elad Gil, January 2026, criticizing the AI 'doomer narrative'.

    No PriorsNVIDIA's Jensen Huang on Reasoning Models, Robotics, and Refuting the "AI Bubble" Narrative

  13. 2025
  14. Thinking, as it turns out, is quite hard

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, discussing AI inference difficulty in a conversation reported by Fortune, December 2025.

    FortuneNvidia’s Groq bet shows that the economics of AI chip-building are still unsettled

  15. They can build a hospital in a weekend

    Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, speaking at CSIS in December 2025 about US-China infrastructure competition in AI datacenter construction.

    CSISNVIDIA's Jensen Huang on Securing American Leadership on AI

  16. I promise you, you will have work to do

    Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, addressing employee fears about AI-driven job losses at an all-hands meeting, November 2025.

    Business InsiderIn leaked recording, Nvidia CEO says it's 'insane' some of his managers aren't going all in on AI

  17. When something becomes profitable, you want to manufacture more of it

    Jensen Huang at the APEC CEO Summit, October 31, 2025, explaining the profit motive driving AI capital investment.

    CNBCNvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI is in a 'virtuous cycle.' Here's what he means

  18. Every job will be changed as a result of AI

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, in an interview with Liz Claman on Fox Business Network's The Claman Countdown, August 2025, discussing AI's effect on jobs.

    FortuneNvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will 'probably' bring 4-day work weeks

  19. This new programming language is called human

    Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, speaking at London Tech Week in June 2025 about how AI enables anyone to program using everyday language.

    CNBCWe train AI like we train humans now, says Nvidia's Jensen Huang

  20. The question is not whether China will have AI, it already does

    Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, on the company's Q1 earnings call, discussing US export controls on AI chips to China, May 2025.

    michaelparekh.substack.comAI: Nvidia reigns on DESPITE China hits. RTZ #735 - AI: Reset to Zero

  21. China is not behind

    Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, speaking to reporters at a tech conference in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2025, about China's position in AI.

    CNBCNvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns China is 'not behind' in AI

  22. The age of AI Agentics is here

    Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, in his CES 2025 keynote, declaring agentic AI the next major technological shift.

    FortuneNvidia's Jensen Huang says AI agents are 'a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity' and 'the age of AI Agentics is here'

  23. 2024
  24. I torture my AI to teach me

    Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, speaking at Hong Kong University, November 2024, on how he questions AI chatbots to learn.

    Business Insider5 follow-up questions Nvidia's CEO asks his AI to 'torture' it into teaching him new things

  25. Using energy for intelligence is the best use of energy we can imagine

    Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, speaking in Hong Kong after receiving an honorary doctorate from HKUST, 23 November 2024.

    Reuters (via Taipei Times)Global tech cooperation to continue, Nvidia CEO says

  26. The person who uses AI to automate that 20% is going to take your job

    Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, speaking at Nvidia's AI Summit in Mumbai, October 2024, on AI and job displacement.

    FortuneNvidia's billionaire CEO says AI can do a lot of things, except take his job

  27. The computer doesn't care where it's going to school

    Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO, speaking during a Bipartisan Policy Center webinar on Sept. 27, 2024, on building data centers near abundant energy sources.

    Utility DiveAI will help, not hinder, grid decarbonization: NVIDIA CEO

  28. The amount of GPU capacity they have available, it's basically none

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on an earnings call, August 28, 2024, describing cloud providers' GPU shortages.

    CIO DiveNvidia sustains triple-digit revenue growth amid AI building boom

  29. Our company is thirty days from going out of business

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's unofficial motto, which he has recited to staff for years, as reported by CNA in June 2024.

    CNACNA Explains: The story of Nvidia's rise to become the world's No 1 company

  30. The more you buy the more you save

    Jensen Huang's running keynote joke about GPU economics.

    WikiquoteJensen Huang, keynotes and interviews

  31. You're not going to lose your job to AI, you're going to lose it to somebody who uses AI

    Jensen Huang, repeated in keynotes since 2024.

    WikiquoteJensen Huang, keynotes and interviews

  32. Everybody in the world is now a programmer

    Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai, on how AI turns everyone into a programmer.

    NVIDIA BlogNVIDIA CEO: Every Country Needs Sovereign AI