Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has declined an invitation from Sen.Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to testify at a Senate committee hearing later this week about American AI development, NBC News has learned.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Thursday’s hearing, held by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, will examine AI’s role in American innovation, affordability and technological dominance.
Warren had requested Huang’s attendance to learn more about Nvidia’s business in China and its approach to export controls — rules that regulate sales of American AI technology abroad.“NVIDIA sits at the center of some of the most important questions facing our country about artificial intelligence, economic competition, and national security,” Warren wrote in a statement about Huang’s decision not to attend.
“If Mr.Huang has time to attend a $1 million-a-head dinner at Mar-a-Lago and fly across the world to meet with President Xi Jinping of China, he should be able to find time to answer questions from Congress.”Nvidia is the world’s most valuable company, with a market capitalization of over $5 trillion.
It designs some of the world’s most advanced chips and hardware that power today’s AI systems.Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang arrives ahead of a state banquet for President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14.Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images file“I am unable to attend, but appreciate the Committee’s focus on these important issues,” Huang wrote to Warren in a letter seen by NBC News.“American leadership in AI technologies cannot be taken for granted, but we are confident in the future and believe in the American system.” “I would welcome the opportunity to host you, or any member of the Committee, at NVIDIA’s headquarters in Santa Clara to discuss our technology, the American A...