US tells 35 AI partners they forfeit Pax Silica if they sign with China
The State Department drafted a letter warning the 35 signatories of June's US AI Opportunity Statement that joining China's competing AI framework forfeits their place in Pax Silica, the US-led bloc covering AI model, semiconductor, and critical-mineral supply chains. Neutrality is off the table for the roughly two dozen members including Japan, South Korea, and Australia; Kazakhstan, which signed both, becomes the test of whether exclusion is enforced.
Source: rappler.com ↗
To be part of everything is to be part of nothing. Signature of the Pax Silica Declaration is not merely a membership subscription, but a commitment.
US State Department draft letter
Why this matters
- → US imposes binary choice: join Pax Silica or China's AI bloc, not both.
- → Tests whether economic coercion can enforce technology bloc loyalty.
- → Signals end of neutrality in AI supply chains—countries must pick a side.
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