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U.S. to Tell Partners They Must Pick Sides in AI Race With China: Reuters

The draft letter is addressed to the 35 signatories of a U.S. "AI Opportunity Statement" signed in June.

U.S. to Tell Partners They Must Pick Sides in AI Race With China: Reuters

TL;DR

  • The U.S. is preparing to tell dozens of countries they must choose between its AI coalition and China's competing framework.
  • Countries joining both initiatives risk exclusion from the U.S.-led AI coalition.
  • The U.S. initiative, Pax Silica, aims to secure supply chains for AI models, semiconductors, and critical minerals.
  • Kazakhstan is the only country known to have joined both the U.S. and Chinese AI initiatives.
  • China launched a rival "World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization" in July.
  • A draft letter states that "To be part of everything is to be part of nothing."