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Jensen Huang · NVIDIA GTC · Oct 19, 2026 · CEO Messaging Shifts

Jensen Huang argues open models are safer than closed models and must not be regulated away

“Open models is foundational to entire industries that are going to be created and we can't afford open models to be regulated out of existence.”— Jensen Huang

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang publicly staked out a position defending open AI models, directly countering narratives that closed models are inherently safer. He framed open models as foundational to future industries and warned against regulatory frameworks that could eliminate them. Coming from the CEO of the dominant AI hardware company, this is a significant intervention in the open vs. closed model policy debate.

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