Paris (AP) – Will artificial intelligence Save humanity – or destroy it? Do you lift up the poorest people in the world or tighten up the grips of high-tech elites?
Jensen Fan – A global tip tycoon widely predicted to be one of the world's first signs – provided his answer on Wednesday: there was no dystopia or control. He said AI is a tool for liberation.
He wore his signature biker jacket and was attacked by fans for a selfie. nvidia The CEO took the stage at Vivedach in Paris and took a picture of Tech Rockstar.
“AI is the biggest equalizer of people the world has ever created,” Huang launched one of Europe's largest technology industry fairs.
Huang's core argument: AI can level the arena and can't tilt it. Critics argue that Nvidia's control risks focusing power in the hands of a few. However, Huang argues the opposition that “we are “democratizing intelligence” for startups and countries by reducing computing costs and increasing access.
But beyond Seany Optics, Nvidia used the Paris Summit to announce a wave of infrastructure announcements across Europe, showing the continent a dramatic expansion of the physical and strategic footprint of AI chip makers.
In France, the company is rolling out 18,000 new Blackwell chips at its startup Mistral AI. In Germany, we are building industrial AI clouds to support manufacturers. Similar rollouts are underway in Italy, Spain, Finland and the UK. This includes the new UK AI lab.
Other announcements include partnerships with AI startups Confused Sovereign is a new cloud platform with Mistral AI to provide Sovereign AI models to European publishers and telecoms, working with BMW and Mercedes-Benz to train AI-powered robots for use in automotive plants.
The announcement highlights how AI infrastructure has become a global strategy and how Nvidia, the world's most valuable chip maker, currently positions itself as the engine behind it.
As companies deploy more powerful systems than ever, critics warn that models take risks. Create a new kind of “technical priesthood.” This is because only the wealthiest companies or governments can provide the computational power, energy, and elite engineering talent needed to participate. They argue that it can suffocate the bottom-up innovations that have built the tech industry in the first place.
The fan pushed back. “Through the speed of our innovation, we will democratize,” he responded to a question from the Associated Press. “Reduce the cost of access to technology.”
As Huang said, these factories move everything from “reasons”, “plans”, “talking to yourself a lot”, chatgpt For diagnosis of autonomous vehicles.
However, some critics warn that without guardrails, a self-enhancing system could go down the path of “Skynet” in search of all such things. Terminator “Movie – A vast intelligence engine that surpasses human control.
That's why Huang offers counter models. Layered AI governance is designed. “In the future, the AI doing the task will be surrounded by 70 or 80 AIs that will oversee it, observe it, protect it, and keep it off the rails.”
He compared the moment to a new industrial revolution. Just as electricity changed the last one, AI drives the next one. This means that every country needs national intelligence infrastructure. That's why, he explained, he crosses the heads of state of the Earth Conference.
“They all want AI to be part of their infrastructure,” he said. “They want AI to become a growth manufacturing industry for them.”
Europe praised its leadership in digital rights, but is now at a crossroads. Some warn that if Brussels moves forward with the world's first AI regulations, excessive supposition could potentially rob its status with a global race. With the US and China surge forward and most major AI companies based elsewhere, risks are not only lagging behind, but becoming irrelevant.
Huang has another vision: Sovereign AI. Autonomy, not sequestration – the creation of a national AI system that aligns with local values, independent of foreign technology giants.
“The data belongs to you,” Huang says. “It belongs to your people, your country, your culture, your history, your common sense.”
However, fear of AI misuse remains strong, from surveillance and deepfark propaganda to unemployment and algorithmic discrimination. Huang does not deny the risk. But he insists that technology can be suppressed.
The Vivedch event was part of Huang's wider European tour. He has already appeared at London Tech Week and is planning to visit Germany. In Paris, they joined France's President Emmanuel Macron and Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch to reinforce the message that AI is today's number one priority.
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Chang reported from London.
