For months now, I’ve heard about widespread fear among think tank researchers and policy experts who publish work against NVIDIA’s interests. NVIDIA is the most valuable company on Earth, the dominant supplier of AI chips, and is currently valued at 4.5 trillion dollars. I worry that fear of its potential retaliation—rumors of attempted firings and media hit pieces—is distorting some of the most important AI policy debates.Based on what I’ve heard, there is no smoking gun of wrongdoing, but cert...