AI fever turns Anguilla’s “.ai” domain into a digital gold mine

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• kadu@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Top level domains have been a significant source of income for several countries for a while now.

  To be honest, even all these decades later, I’m still not happy with how everything became “.com” and that’s it

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  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lemmy has nice diverse set of domains, a lot of them are pretty creative!

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    • iso@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      lol

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    • Aopen@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I aint German
      I dont speak German at all
      I have never been to Germany
      Im not even technic

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    • turkalino@lemmy.yachts ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      ty

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    • Voyajer@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Fancy domains are always fun to see

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• Sofsip@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I wonder what the Bahamas could do with “.bs”

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  • ugjka@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    boo.bs

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    • Sofsip@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Shame it is already register and not used. Great name !

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  • itsmistermoon@feddit.cl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    news.bs my.bs poll.bs [politic-name].bs

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  • Aopen@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    [insert].is.bs

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  • redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Never knew this tld existed but it isn’t supported on the known registrars and it seems costly

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• Mane25@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s always been a pet peeve of mine when TLDs get used for something other than their purpose. I get that countries have benefited from it, but that’s random chance and not what the system was set up for. I know this is a small thing to get annoyed about (so don’t take me too seriously) but if it were up to me, .ai domains should have to prove their connection to Anguilla.

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  • Marsupial@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s always been a pet peeve of mine that domains are controlled and regulated by a handful of groups, with the users of them having no real say.

    Also we don’t need to split the Internet up into defined groups like companies, networks, and organisations.

    Open up domains.

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• lemann@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Only tangentially related, but I’m disappointed that none of the .io domain revenue goes to the juristiction it represents

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  • Mane25@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That particular jurisdiction exists pretty unethically as well, which somewhat puts me off sites that use it.

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    • there1snospoon@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Could I ask what you’re referring to by this comment?

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• pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Tuvalu’s .tv and now Anguilla’s .ai

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• zxo@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I like seeing more uncommon TLDs be used that aren’t just .com, .org, or .net. Variety’s kinda cool.

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  • reddithalation@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    yeah, but you gotta make sure you trust whoever owns them to not screw you over

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• autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is the best summary I could come up with:

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  Anguilla, a tiny British island territory in the Caribbean, may bring in up to $30 million in revenue this year thanks to its “.ai” domain name, reports Bloomberg in a piece published Thursday.

  $30 million from domains may not sound like a lot compared to the billions thrown around in AI these days, but with a total land area of 35 square miles and a population of 15,753, Anguilla isn’t complaining.

  Vince Cate, who has managed the “.ai” domain for Anguilla for decades, told Bloomberg that .ai registrations have effectively doubled in the past year.

  As a result, high-profile AI startups such as Stability.ai and Character.ai have opted for web addresses ending in “.ai,” contributing significantly to the island’s unexpected revenue stream.

  While some experts foresee a decline in the “AI gold rush” that may eventually cool the market for “.ai” domains, Bloomberg reports, the impact on Anguilla’s economy is already significant.

  With revenue from “.ai” domain registrations estimated to be a notable percentage of the territory’s gross domestic product ($300 million in 2021), Anguilla is a case study of how even a small Caribbean island can benefit from a global tech boom.

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