U.S. Drafts Ultimatum Forcing Countries to Choose AI Side

Posts on X reference a reported internal U.S. draft letter obtained by Reuters that would require dozens of nations to select American AI frameworks or face exclusion from the Pax Silica initiative. Alignment with Beijing would bar participation. Researcher Nick Cammarata replied +1 to a statement labeling the approach exactly the wrong direction. OpenAI co-founder John Schulman did the same. Nathan Labenz reposted the same critique. Danielle Fong called the reported plan disastrously bad. Alexander McCoy labeled it the worst possible thing to do. Cassie Pritchard echoed the criticism.