{
  "id": 16434360,
  "title": "US-China AI blocs leave countries caught in middle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/us-china-ai-blocs-leave-countries-caught-in-middle",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-25T04:35:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/as-the-us-and-china-form-ai-blocs-countries-are-increasingly-torn-between-them/articleshow/135183287.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The United States and China are creating their own AI blocs, leaving other countries caught in the middle. As tensions between the two AI superpowers rise, experts warn that countries may soon have to choose between the U.S.-led Pax Silica and China's World AI Cooperation Organization. Some nations are attempting to find a middle ground by joining both initiatives. Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country with rich critical mineral resources and cheap electricity for data centers, exemplifies this approach. The nation has signed an investment deal worth up to $10 billion with Nvidia to build a data center valley in the country, while also becoming a founding member of China's AI initiative. However, this dual approach leaves many countries in a precarious position, as they navigate the competing interests of the U.S. and China in the AI arena.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "US and China forming AI blocs.",
    "Other countries caught in middle.",
    "Kazakhstan joins both initiatives."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}