On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite, into orbit. This launch sparked panic in the US on account of the perceived capabilities gap between ...

Why being first to return to the moon matters.

The Chinese company’s low-cost, high-performance A.I. model has shocked Silicon Valley, and a longtime China watcher warns ...

Explorer 1 became the first successfully launched satellite by the United States when it was sent to space on 31 January 1958. A quick response to the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik 1 ...

The Soviet Union's October 1957 launch of the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, stunned the U.S., which reckoned it had a commanding lead in "the Space Race." (It turns out the U.S ...

prompting Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen to declare that we have reached "AI's sputnik moment." The analogy implies that the product threatens American AI dominance in a way comparable to ...

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 ...

But the significance was captured best by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, who described it as “one of the most remarkable breakthroughs I’ve ever seen… It’s AI’s Sputnik moment.” The surprise 1957 ...

“Is this a Sputnik moment?” he begins his column, referring to the first artificial Earth satellite, launched in 1957 not by the United States but by the U.S.S.R. Not entirely, Fareed contends ...

Some, like investor Marc Andreessen, have likened China’s announcement to the Soviet announcement of the launch of the satellite Sputnik in 1957, a development that shocked the American people ...