U.S. Urges Countries to Choose Sides in AI Race with China

Undersecretary of State Jacob Helberg recently hosted The Pax Silica Summit, a high-level gathering focused on economic security and the AI economy at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. The U.S. is set to inform numerous countries that they must decide between participating in a U.S.-led AI coalition or Beijing’s competing framework. Washington initiated the Pax Silica initiative to safeguard supply chains for AI models, semiconductors, and critical minerals amid the ongoing tech rivalry with China. Approximately two dozen countries, including Kazakhstan and close U.S. allies like Japan, Australia, and South Korea, have joined the Pax…