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US assures India AI access won't be cut amid 'Pax Silica' expansion

The US has assured India that access to advanced AI technology will not be restricted, addressing concerns raised by India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. This assurance came during the "Pax Silica" summit, an initiative aimed at establishing AI supply chains independent of China. India expressed worries about potential "kill switches" or access cutoffs, similar to recent restrictions imposed by Anthropic on its AI models. AI

IMPACT This diplomatic assurance could influence global AI development and accessibility, particularly in forming non-China-centric supply chains.

RANK_REASON Policy discussions between major nations regarding AI supply chains and access. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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US assures India AI access won't be cut amid 'Pax Silica' expansion

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Nayan Seth ·

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

    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 …