Britain's King Charles hosted AI leaders in Scotland on Thursday (September 17), as concern grows that AI safety efforts are lagging behind the development of increasingly powerful systems.

Attendees included Nvidia founder and chief executive Jensen Huang, Google DeepMind founder and chairman Demis Hassabis, OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar, Britain's Minister for Artificial Intelligence Kanishka Narayan and Paolo Benanti, an advisor to Pope Leo XIV.

In recent weeks, the debate has centred on whether the industry can and should regulate itself, drawing interventions from global figures including the pope, Charles and U.S. President Donald Trump.

While the meeting in Scotland is not expected to produce any binding agreements, and Charles is not known for his technological expertise, it highlights how he, first as Prince of Wales and now as king, has used his position to convene discussions on a range of global issues.

Buckingham Palace said the discussions would consider whether a shared set of principles could guide the future application of AI, "not merely as a driver of capability and efficiency, but as a tool that upholds human dignity and contributes to the flourishing of both people and the planet".

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King Charles hosts AI leaders in Scotland as concern grows over the technology's safety

VIDEO SHOWS: KING CHARLES GREETING AI LEADERS AHEAD OF MEETING AT DUMFRIES HOUSE IN SCOTLAND / SPEECHES FROM NVIDIA FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, JENSEN HUANG, AND GOOGLE DEEPMIND FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN, DEMIS HASSABIS / EXTERIORS OF DUMFRIES HOUSE

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: FOR KING CHARLES' COMMENTS PLEASE SEE EDIT 3407-AI-BRITAIN/KING

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SHOWS: AYRSHIRE, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER 17, 2026) (ROYAL POOL - No use UK)

1. VARIOUS OF BRITAIN’S KING CHARLES; NVIDIA FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, JENSEN HUANG; GOOGLE DEEPMIND FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN, DEMIS HASSABIS, AND OTHERS POSING FOR PHOTOS

2. CHARLES SPEAKING TO HUANG

3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NVIDIA FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, JENSEN HUANG, SAYING:

“Well, it's very powerful technology. It could be used for incredible things. Of course, it could be used for ill. And so we have to build this technology safely and securely and responsibly. But we have to do it with, if you will, responsible optimism, because the impact and the benefit it's going to bring to society is so incredible."

4. ATTENDEES STANDING IN ROOM BEFORE MEETING CHARLES

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NVIDIA FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, JENSEN HUANG, SAYING:

“It has nothing to do with regulation at the moment. At the moment, the incidents are related to products not ready to be released. This is no different than, you know, an omelette not ready to be released, or a car not ready to be released, an airplane engine not ready to be released. You should properly test it, you have rigorous testing systems, the testing lab should be contained, and products should not be released to the public until they're ready to be used by the public. And that's engineering, good old-fashioned engineering. It's not more than that, it's not less than that."

6. CHARLES, HUANG AND HASSABIS WALKING IN HALLWAY

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NVIDIA FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, JENSEN HUANG, SAYING:

“Now, safety is paramount. Those of us building AI must test systems rigorously, protect privacy, anticipate misuse, and secure the infrastructure society will depend on. When a product is not safe enough, we should hold it back and keep engineering. We've always done that, and we should continue to do that."

8. VARIOUS OF CHARLES LISTENING TO HUANG’S SPEECH

9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) GOOGLE DEEPMIND FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN, DEMIS HASSABIS, SAYING:

“This is a very new technology and there are a lot of unknowns and uncertainties and there are things that even the top scientists in the field don't fully understand yet about it. I have to say the chance of something bad accidentally happening if we get things wrong is definitely non-zero, so we should take these risks very seriously."

10. VARIOUS OF ATTENDEES LISTENING TO SPEECHES

11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) GOOGLE DEEPMIND FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN, DEMIS HASSABIS, SAYING:

“I'm a huge believer in human ingenuity, and the good news is I'm very confident and optimistic that we can collectively address these risks and find solutions to these technical problems - but only if we collectively give ourselves the time and space to get it right. And that's the critical thing. I think we need careful thought and considered approaches using rigorous scientific methods to get the technical foundations right."

12. VARIOUS OF HUANG AND HASSABIS WITH OTHERS

13. CHARLES GREETING HUANG

14. CHARLES GREETING ANTHROPIC CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS OFFICER, MARIANO-FLORENTINO CUELLAR

15. CHARLES GREETING FATHER PAOLO BENANTI, WHO ADVISES THE POPE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

16. CHARLES GREETING BRITAIN’S AI MINISTER, KANISHKA NARAYAN

17. MEETING TABLE, PEOPLE STANDING AROUND

18. VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF DUMFRIES HOUSE