The EU, Netherlands, Germany and Greece have become the latest US allies to join Pax Silica, an American-led effort to bolster AI-related tech supply chains as the west and its allies face rising competition from China.
The additions came at the opening of a Pax Silica summit in Washington on Tuesday. In an interview, Jacob Helberg, under-secretary of state for economic affairs and architect of the security initiative, said Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan and Panama would also join this week, bringing the total to 24 countries.
The US created Pax Silica last year to secure AI supply chains in everything from chips and critical minerals to energy. Helberg said it grew out of a recognition that groups such as the G7 and G20 were not suited to creating networks to promote AI innovation.