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The US Wants AI Partners to Pick a Side. The UAE Is Already in Pax Silica

The US-China AI rivalry is starting to look less like a competition between companies and more like a choice being put in front of countries. Reuters reported on August 14 that the US State Department prepared a draft warning for governments inside its AI coalition: joining China's competing framework could put their place in the US-led group at risk. For the UAE, that is not an abstract diplomatic story.

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