Merz asks Jensen Huang how Europe should regulate AI: "You can't regulate if there's no technology"
Hesamation · x · 2026-10-20
German Chancellor Merz asked Jensen Huang for advice on how Europe should regulate AI. Huang's core message: "You can't regulate if there's no technology" — safety is not hopes and dreams, it is technology and engineering.
He laid out a three-layer framework:
- The tech industry must invent the technology for safety;
- Companies need to adhere to best practices;
- Only then come industrial and government regulations.
Drawing an analogy to the internet, he argued that regulating the internet itself is hard, but regulating internet applications is not — so AI regulation should target applications. He stressed there is nothing to regulate if the industry doesn't thrive, and expressed hope that the German AI industry can thrive while acting safely and responsibly.
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