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Central Asia Resists US Pressure To Choose Sides In AI Race
Central Asia Resists US Pressure To Choose Sides In AI Race
Authored by Eurasianet via OilPrice,
Kazakhstan is continuing to expand AI cooperation with China even after joining the US-led Pax Silica initiative.
Uzbekistan says it wants access to both cutting-edge American technology and lower-cost Chinese AI models rather than choosing between them.
Their positions illustrate the difficulty Washington faces in persuading Central Asian governments to take sides in the intensifying US-China technology rivalry.
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are tossing figurative darts at a US trial balloon connected to the intensifying race between the United...
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