US assures India over AI ‘kill switch’ as ‘Pax Silica’ expands in bid to counter China

ExclusiveUS assures India over AI ‘kill switch’ as ‘Pax Silica’ expands in bid to counter China New Delhi says Washington pledged AI access would continue after Anthropic restrictions as the US-led initiative adds new members “There was an understanding, and something that they [US officials] certainly mentioned, that access to technology, once it is provided, will not be cut off. I think that was an assurance,” said S. Krishnan, secretary of India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and leader of India’s delegation for the summit. India raised its concerns over the AI “kill switch” on the sidelines of the “Pax Silica” summit in Washington – a US-led initiative designed to build China-free AI supply chains. “The American concern is fundamentally how these models could potentially be used, and they were looking at a review mechanism for some of this internally before they are released,” Krishnan told the SCMP. The company subsequently cut off access to both models worldwide without any warning. [Image text:] PAXSILICA Securing the Silicon Supply Chain SEIZETHEAIOPPORTUNITY