EU allies join US pact to break reliance on Chinese AI supply chains

Jacob Helberg, architect of Pax Silica, tells the FT the American-led group will boost innovation

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European AI people not too happy about it:

https://xcancel.com/RnaudBertrand/status/2069574934972797089

> It's over, Europe has officially given up on its digital sovereignty: they just signed up to Pax Silica, the US initiative to lock other countries in its AI stack.

> In case you think I'm exaggerating, Jacob Helberg, the US Under-Secretary of State who architected Pax Silica, LITERALLY says so in the article: he himself explicitly positions Pax Silica as designed to counter "digital sovereignty" - a concept he opposes because it would mean countries building their own tech stacks.

> The cage door was wide open and clearly labeled. They walked in anyway.