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US to partners: You must pick sides in AI race with China

Washington is caught up in a fierce technology rivalry with Beijing.

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What you need to know:

  • Letter to be sent to 35 signatories of AI Opportunity Statement for cooperation on AI models, chips and critical minerals
  • Recipients to include Kazakhstan, only known member of both US and Chinese coalitions and a source of ​critical minerals

The United States is preparing to tell dozens of countries they must pick sides in the artificial intelligence race with China, warning they will be excluded from a US-led AI coalition if they also sign up for Beijing's competing framework, according to a US official and an internal draft reviewed by Reuters.

Washington last year launched the Pax Silica initiative aimed at securing supply chains for AI models, semiconductors and critical minerals, amid a fierce technology rivalry with Beijing.