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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chan Ho-Him and Didi Tang

As the US and China form AI blocs, countries are increasingly torn between them

China US AI Blocs - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

With the two leading AI powers, the United States and China, forming their own AI blocs, other countries are maneuvering to harness the strengths of both groupings and avoid losing out.

As the rivalry intensifies, experts say the window for countries to be able to choose freely between the two AI superpowers may be narrowing, forcing them to at one point pick between the U.S.-led Pax Silica and the China-inspired World AI Cooperation Organization.

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