King Charles hosts AI summit with Nvidia, Google DeepMind and other AI leaders in Scotland

King Charles III urged artificial intelligence leaders to control the technology and protect humanity at a summit in Scotland attended by executives from Nvidia, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic.

Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said AI companies should test their systems rigorously and hold back products that are not safe enough.

Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis said the industry must address the risks of autonomous systems that misbehave and bad actors who misuse them.

The summit at Dumfries House focused on how AI could benefit society and the natural world, according to Buckingham Palace. The king asked how governments and companies could keep safety at the center of development while building international cooperation.

The gathering followed warnings from Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei about the risks of frontier AI. OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman agreed with the substance of Amodei’s call for caution, while Huang has argued against a slowdown or additional regulation.

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Hassabis said the recent debate over catastrophic AI risks had become heated. He said he remained confident that the industry could address the concerns through human ingenuity.

Huang also offered an upbeat outlook for AI hardware. He told reporters he expects Nvidia to sell twice as many chips in the coming year, remarks that helped lift the company’s shares by almost 3%.

King Charles held a private meeting with Huang, Hassabis, Anthropic public-affairs chief Tino Cuéllar, OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar and other guests. UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan and Cabinet Secretary Antonia Romeo also attended.

The event came as lawmakers and the public debated AI policy and safety. The UK government is under pressure to provide more clarity, while concerns are also growing over the energy use and environmental impact of data centers that train and run AI systems.