Nvidia pledges $250m of computing over five years for UK research on agentic AI safety, and Huang tells Bloomberg he would cut off a customer building unsafe AI

On 14 October in London, Nvidia announced “a five-year compute donation valued at $250 million” for UK research on the safety and security of AI agents, at $50m a year. Most of it goes to the wider UK research community; named recipients include Oxford's BOLD lab, UCL's SOFAIR lab and Imperial College London. Access runs through UK-based Nvidia Cloud Partners, and the release says: “Provider selection, technical architecture and commercial terms are to be agreed.”

Jensen Huang said: “AI capability and safety must advance together.” Britain's AI minister Kanishka Narayan called the pledge “a vote of confidence in our world-leading strength and expertise in AI research”.

In London, Bloomberg's Emily Chang asked Huang whether Nvidia would stop supplying a developer that was building AI irresponsibly. “It's a hypothetical, but yes,” he answered, according to Bloomberg's report carried by The Star, and added: “But before you do so, you would have a conversation.” The Next Web also reported the exchange, and noted that the pledge is compute, not cash, and that Nvidia profits from the hardware it all runs on.

• Confirmed Nvidia pledges compute valued at $250m over five years, $50m a year, with terms still to be agreed. Nvidia
• Claimed Huang: “AI capability and safety must advance together.” Nvidia
• Reported Asked whether Nvidia would cut off an irresponsible developer, Huang said “It's a hypothetical, but yes,” Bloomberg reported. The Star (Bloomberg)