Current:Home > ContactDeepSeek: Did a little known Chinese startup cause a 'Sputnik moment' for AI? -Visionary Growth Labs
DeepSeek: Did a little known Chinese startup cause a 'Sputnik moment' for AI?
View
Date:2025-04-18 21:24:04
Did AI just have a "Sputnik moment"?
That's what someinvestors, after the little known Chinese startup DeepSeek released a chatbot that experts say holds its own against industry leaders, like OpenAI and Google, despite being made with less money and computing power.
Buzz around DeepSeek built into a wave of concern that hammered tech stocks on Monday. It wiped almost $600bn from chipmaker Nvidia's market value.
Not iterative or evolutionary, but pathbreaking
"This is, I think, something that has really shown to some degree how much the U.S. was living in a bubble," said Antonia Hmaidi, a senior analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin.
veryGood! (28)
Related
- Jorge Ramos reveals his final day with 'Noticiero Univision': 'It's been quite a ride'
- Former CNN anchor Don Lemon sues Elon Musk over canceled X deal: 'Dragged Don's name'
- Marketing firm fined $40,000 for 2022 GOP mailers in New Hampshire
- Gabby Thomas was a late bloomer. Now, she's favored to win gold in 200m sprint at Olympics
- Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82
- Connecticut man bitten by rare rattlesnake he tried to help ends up in coma
- Fiery North Dakota derailment was latest crash to involve weak tank cars the NTSB wants replaced
- USA women’s 3x3 basketball team loses third straight game in pool play
- Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
- Ammonia leak at Virginia food plant sends 33 workers to hospitals
Ranking
- Juan Soto praise of Mets' future a tough sight for Yankees, but World Series goal remains
- Florida dad accused of throwing 10-year-old daughter out of car near busy highway
- Brazilian Swimmer Ana Carolina Vieira Breaks Silence on Olympic Dismissal
- Former CNN anchor Don Lemon sues Elon Musk over canceled X deal: 'Dragged Don's name'
- Could Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft reunite? Maybe in Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2026 class
- Pucker Up, Lipstick Addicts! These 40% Off Deals Are Selling Out Fast: Fenty Beauty, Too Faced & More
- The Latest: Trump on defense after race comments and Vance’s rough launch
- After Gershkovich and Whelan freed, this American teacher remains in Russian custody
Recommendation
McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
Obama and Bush join effort to mark America’s 250th anniversary in a time of political polarization
Man shot to death outside mosque as he headed to pray was a 43-year-old Philadelphia resident
Miles Partain, Andy Benesh advance in Paris Olympics beach volleyball after coaching change
A White House order claims to end 'censorship.' What does that mean?
Mexican singer Lupita Infante talks Shakira, Micheladas and grandfather Pedro Infante
Can I afford college? High tuition costs squeeze out middle-class students like me.
Georgia dismisses Rara Thomas after receiver's second domestic violence arrest in two years