Nvidia CEO Huang calls claims that artificial intelligence can destroy humanity "doomsday scenarios"

Dilara Karataş September 21, 2026 • Updated: September 21, 2026 In an interview with Huang to CBS News, regarding the assessments of some artificial intelligence researchers that the technology could bring about the end of humanity by 2030, he stated, "2030 will not be the end of the world. The possibility of it being the end of the world is zero percent." Labeling such statements as "doomsday scenarios," Huang rejected these warnings, stating that these predictions are "not based on science." Huang argued that there is no need for new regulations regarding the increased oversight of artificial intelligence developers and that the existing measures in the US are sufficient. Touching upon the AI competition between the US and China, Huang said that American technologies are in violation of bans on selling to China. Regarding public reactions to the proliferation of data centers, Huang responded with, "We are sorry that we didn't come sooner and talk to you." "The Claim That Artificial Intelligence Could Destroy Humanity" Jacob Coxon, who has been a researcher at OpenAI and Anthropic for the last three years, resigned from Anthropic, arguing that both companies have not acted sufficiently responsibly regarding artificial intelligence. Coxon asserted that the companies are in an uncontrolled race for self-improving artificial intelligence systems and argued that these systems could turn into superhuman systems that can "hack everything" in the near future. Coxon also pointed out that some industry workers developing artificial intelligence models strongly believed that these systems could "kill humanity" within ten years.