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Andrew Ng endorsed Jensen Huang’s Nvidia letter on 2026-07-27, calling it “well…

2026-07-27 · 17:01 UTC ·@AndrewYNg ·0 min read

Brief

Andrew Ng praised Jensen Huang’s Nvidia letter (27 July 2026), arguing lessons from the OpenAI–Hugging Face breach show defenders require open models and harnesses: closed systems impeded forensic work while an open-weight frontier model helped contain the intrusion. Ng rejected the narrative that closed models are safer—calling it regulatory capture—and highlighted Huang’s Open Secure AI Alliance to build a mixed open/closed frontier AI ecosystem for defense.

Why it matters

Andrew Ng endorsed Jensen Huang’s Nvidia letter on 2026-07-27, calling it “well written” and arguing open models and harnesses are needed for defense based on the OpenAI–Hugging Face incident.

Key details

  • Ng asserted that closed models are not inherently safer and labeled that belief as “regulatory capture,” citing that closed AI blocked essential forensics during the Hugging Face hack while an open-weight frontier model aided containment.
  • Jensen Huang announced the creation of the Open Secure AI Alliance and argued defenders need a frontier AI ecosystem combining the best open and closed models plus a global community.
Source evidence

Good move by @JensenHuang. The Nvidia letter is well written and worth reading. As we saw with the OpenAI-Hugging Face hack, we need open models and harnesses for defense.

Lets stop believing the PR that closed models are safer. - that's just regulatory capture.

Jensen Huang (@JensenHuang)

Attackers have frontier AI. Defenders need a frontier AI ecosystem—the best open and closed models, force-multiplied by a global community.

During the Hugging Face incident, closed AI blocked essential forensics. An open-weight frontier model helped contain the intrusion.

That’s why we created the Open Secure AI Alliance.

— https://nitter.net/JensenHuang/status/2081698060330250294#m