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Kazakhstan Faces Choice in Pax Silica vs China AI Alliance

8/16/2026

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Officials are drafting a letter to signatories they must pick a side in AI race with China, saying “you can’t have it both ways” or be excluded.
The 2025 Pax Silica initiative, aimed at securing AI model, semiconductor and mineral supply chains, includes about two dozen countries.
Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a rival AI cooperation organization in July, prompting Washington alarm because Kazakhstan belongs to both it and Pax Silica.

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Story summary

Officials are drafting a letter to signatories they must pick a side in AI race with China, saying “you can’t have it both ways” or be excluded.
The 2025 Pax Silica initiative, aimed at securing AI model, semiconductor and mineral supply chains, includes about two dozen countries.
Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a rival AI cooperation organization in July, prompting Washington alarm because Kazakhstan belongs to both it and Pax Silica.