In response to questions about Anthropic's dispute with the Pentagon, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that technology industry leaders need to be careful in their words and deeds to avoid triggering public panic about artificial intelligence. “It’s a good starting point to warn the public about artificial intelligence,” Huang said during a panel discussion at the Nvidia Technology Conference. "Warning is good, but intimidation is not so good because this technology is so important to us."
Huang believes that the biggest national security risk related to artificial intelligence is that citizens may become angry, fearful, or paranoid, causing the United States to lag behind competitors in adopting this technology. Anthropic is an important customer of Nvidia and the developer of the chatbot Claude. The company remains at loggerheads with the Trump administration over its desire to limit the use of artificial intelligence tools in the military.
Anthropic's relationship with the Pentagon collapsed last month, with its CEO Dario Amodei insisting on restrictions in the contract banning the use of its products for domestic surveillance of Americans and the development of fully autonomous weapons. The Trump administration therefore declared Anthropic a supply chain risk and moved to remove it from government-wide collaboration. Anthropic subsequently filed a lawsuit, asking the judge to overturn the determination of its supply chain risk.
However, Huang Renxun remains optimistic about Anthropic's financial prospects. Huang said he believed Anthropic's revenue could exceed $1 trillion by 2030, calling Amodei's forecast somewhat conservative.
A spokesman for Anthropic did not respond to a request for comment.