section_path: Reactions/Challenge to US AI dominance
section_name: Challenge to US AI dominance
paragraph_text: Challenge to US AI dominance
  
  DeepSeek's competitive performance at relatively minimal cost has been recognized as potentially challenging the global dominance of American AI models. Various publications and news media, such as The Hill and The Guardian, have described the release of the R1 chatbot as a " Sputnik moment " for American AI, echoing Marc Andreessen 's view. OpenAI wrote a letter to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), in March 2025, citing issues concerning a possibility that Deepseek could manipulate responses to cause harm.