NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang has urged American policymakers on Thursday to fully embrace artificial intelligence as a long-term strategic priority that demands national investment in workforce development.

What Happened: Huang, speaking at Hill & Valley Forum in Washington, DC, said, "To lead, the U.S. must embrace the technology, invest in reskilling, and equip every worker to build with it."

Huang stressed the importance of understanding competitive advantages in the AI race, noting that “50% of the world’s AI researchers are Chinese” — a factor he says must “play into how we think about the game.”