The Zhitong Finance App learned that the leaders of China and the US dollar are expected to meet at the end of this month. According to reports, OpenAI CEO Oltman, Nvidia (NVDA.US) CEO Huang Renxun, and Qualcomm (QCOM.US) CEO Amon will attend a state banquet hosted by US President Trump to receive Chinese leaders. The attendance of these three tech giants comes at a time when some in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry are calling for safety and security measures for the rapid development of advanced models. It may make AI safety, development standards, and chip acquisition potential topics.
According to media reports citing 4 people familiar with the relevant arrangements, the above company executives are planning to attend related events. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed that Altman would attend, but did not reveal his specific goals for attending the event. People familiar with the matter confirmed that Wong In-hoon will attend the event, and also did not reveal what goals Wong In-hoon hoped to achieve at this event. Qualcomm CEO Amon said he would represent the company and showcase “the strength of America's technological leadership on the global stage.”
Security risks in the AI industry continue to rise, Altman and Hwang In-hoon disagree
With the frequent occurrence of AI security incidents over the past period, AI companies are facing increasing pressure and are being asked to take model mismatches and security risks more seriously.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amoudi called for a slowing down of cutting-edge AI model development in a cautionary post published on September 12. In the article, he said bluntly that the risks posed by AI are “serious” and that time must be taken to deal with these risks.
The core concerns raised by Amoudi are specific and urgent. He warned that according to the current pace of development, AI may have the ability to command “proxy clusters” to take over the entire Internet within 6 to 12 months, and could cause hundreds of billions of dollars in losses. Citing recent security incidents between OpenAI and Hugging Face as supporting evidence, he pointed out that AI agents have demonstrated the ability to break through restricted environments, connect to the internet, and infiltrate targets in tests.
Amoudi wrote, “I believe if the slowdown allows us to take an extra year or two before the model reaches critical competency levels and use that time to advance alignment work, we can greatly reduce the risk of serious problems.” He proposed that an independent auditor oversee the safety work of AI laboratories, and recommended that regulators allow these laboratories to cooperate to harmonize safety standards.
The appeal was quickly answered by two key figures. Musk retweeted Amoudi's post on social media platform X and added: “Dario is right.” The tech giant, who has described AI as a “civilizational risk” many times, is consistent with his consistent position, but the timing is intriguing. Just a few days ago, he also dismissed Anthropic's internal researchers' warnings about the dangers of AI as a “conspiracy” and “psychological warfare.”
Oltman, the leader of OpenAI, wrote on X: “I agree with Dario. We need to control the pace of advancement of cutting-edge AI.” Altman's support is more than just words. In an interview, he made it clear that OpenAI will not conduct an IPO in 2026. The reason is that the current AI security situation is serious, and “it is unwise to go public now.” Altman said on September 14 that the company supports the establishment of a unified federal AI security framework and sets consistent security requirements for cutting-edge AI laboratories, adding that “any degree of competitive pressure from the US cannot be a reason to act recklessly.”
However, at a time when AI industry giants are rarely calling for “putting on the brakes,” Hwang In-hoon gave an almost opposite judgment, and his position was similar to Trump's. At the All-in summit held in Los Angeles on September 14, Hwang In-hoon did not deny AI risks and supported more rigorous testing and third-party evaluations, but he opposed slowing down the entire industry because of unverified “doomsday theory.”
Regarding AI safety, Hwang In-hoon admitted, “Safety comes first; there's no need to talk about that.” He said that the US does not need to choose between safety and staying ahead; problems within cutting-edge laboratories, concerns raised by whistleblowers, and safety incidents that have already occurred should all be taken seriously.
But these real problems need to be distinguished from other types of predictions about the future. On the one hand, there are engineering problems that have already occurred and can be investigated and fixed; on the other hand, AI may destroy civilization or even give specific “extinction probability” judgments. Regarding the latter, Hwang In-hoon had a very tough attitude. He believes that such predictions lack sufficient scientific evidence, but because they come from researchers and cutting-edge laboratories, they can easily be understood by the public as scientific conclusions that have already been verified.
Nvidia boosts chip business in China
The event could also bring Nvidia's business in China into the spotlight. Hwang In-hoon has been personally lobbying the White House and Congress to allow Nvidia to sell advanced AI chips to China, which means that the issue of chip acquisition may be part of the issue.
It is worth mentioning that earlier this week, some industry sources said that Nvidia's share of the AI chip market in China had plummeted from about 95% to less than 8%, close to zero; its game card products are also gradually withdrawing from the domestic market. Third-party agency Bernstein also previously predicted that Nvidia's share of the AI chip market in China will drop to about 8% in 2026.
Huang Renxun has previously stated that currently Nvidia's business in China has almost completely stagnated, and believes that US restrictions on Chinese chip exports may be “counterproductive” from a strategic point of view. He stressed that abandoning a huge market like China is not necessarily a wise choice. Policies should be flexible and adjusted as the industry develops. He suggested that US chip companies should continue to compete with the Chinese market, which will help expand the global influence of American AI technology.