US assures India over AI ‘kill switch’ as ‘Pax Silica’ expands in bid to counter China

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The US has reassured India that access to future AI models will not be abruptly cut off, following Washington's recent ban on Anthropic's advanced AI systems due to national security concerns. This development occurs amid the expansion of the 'Pax Silica' initiative aimed at countering China's AI influence.

The United States has assured India that future artificial intelligence models will not be “cut off” days after Washington abruptly banned Anthropic’s advanced models on national security grounds, a senior Indian official told the South China Morning Post on Thursday. “There was an understanding, and something that they [US officials] certainly mentioned, that access to technology, once it is provided, will not be cut off. I think that was an assurance,” said S. Krishnan, secretary of India’s...