US and China AI blocs force other nations to choose sides

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 25 Oct, 04:32 · Archive

The US and China are forming competing AI blocs, leaving other countries trying to benefit from both without taking sides.

The United States and China, the world's leading AI powers, are establishing competing blocs that other countries are struggling to navigate. The US has created Pax Silica, a grouping focused on strengthening AI supply chains, whilst China has launched the World AI Cooperation Organization alongside 28 initial founding members including Pakistan and Russia.

Kazakhstan, a Central Asian nation of about 21 million people, has attempted an unusual balancing act. In June, its AI minister Zhaslan Madiyev visited Washington to join the US initiative, then travelled to Shanghai three weeks later to sign up as a founding member of China's organisation.

The choice between the two is stark. Joining Pax Silica offers access to more advanced technological partnerships, high-tech manufacturing jobs and participation in global AI supply chains. China's alternative promises a voice in setting regional and global AI standards alongside more affordable, open-source AI systems. Experts warn that the window for countries to choose freely between the two superpowers is narrowing, and many nations may soon be forced to commit to one bloc or the other.

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• As the US and China form AI blocs, countries are increasingly torn between themWith the two leading AI powers, the United States and China, forming their own AI blocs, other countries are maneuvering to harness the strengths of both groupings without alienating either and risking losing out.Clickorlando · 25 Oct, 04:05
• As the US and China form AI blocs, countries are increasingly torn between themWith the two leading AI powers, the United States and China, forming their own AI blocs, other countries are maneuvering to harness the strengths of both groupings without alienating either and risking losing out.News4Jax · 25 Oct, 04:05

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