The US is about to tell 35 countries to choose between it and China on AI
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Michael Martina reported the draft for Reuters on 14 August, citing a US official and an internal document.
The letter goes to the 35 signatories of an American “AI Opportunity Statement” from June.
Its message is that countries must choose.
The wording is blunt for a diplomatic text. “To be part of everything is to […]
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