When Russia launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite into space in 1957, the West was caught off guard. The USA lagged behind in its own development of spacecrafts, and scrambled into action. This was the start of the space race, and Nasa would be founded the following year.
Nearly 70 years and 12 men on the moon later, and commentators are saying that artificial intelligence is having its Sputnik moment. America is home to all of the top ten AI companies, yet a previously unknown Chinese AI model called DeepSeek crash landed onto the scene last week, soaring to the top of the App Store and sending US tech stocks spiralling. Is this the start of the interface race?
