When OpenAI released ChatGPT in 2022, the U.S. clearly led the world in artificial intelligence. Last week, the Chinese startup DeepSeek challenged that lead with its R1 “reasoning” model, rivaling U.S. models at a fraction of the cost.
Billionaire investor and provocateur Marc Andreessen, Silicon Valley’s loudest bullhorn, tweeted that “Deepseek R1 is AI’s Sputnik moment,” invoking the 1957 Soviet satellite launch that spurred U.S. spending in the Space Race. His comment sparked…
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