Two AI Blocs, One Cold Choice

Two AI Blocs, One Cold Choice

Published: October 25, 2026

Duration: 4:32

Neutral countries face a loyalty test as US and China build rival AI blocs
State Department draft letter warns 35 nations that joining China's WAICO could cost them Pax Silica access
India's AI sovereignty push goes beyond data localisation, experts at KPMG panel say

A Eye on AI - 12:30 PM
The US-China AI rivalry is now forcing neutral countries to pick a side. An Associated Press report details how Washington's Pax Silica and Beijing's World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO) are pulling middle powers in opposite directions, with Kazakhstan's dual membership alarming American officials. The State...