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Elon Musk Creates New Artificial Intelligence Company X.ai <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35575754 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35575754>

• javierluraschi 3y ago
  I'm not asking about the company but rather the URL, ai.com used to be pointing to OpenAi now it points to Elon's x.ai company, why?
  • minimaxir 3y ago
    Presumably Elon Musk bought control of the domain.
    • javierluraschi 3y ago
      Why would OpenAI sell that domain?
      • fragmede 3y ago
        Musk was a founder of OpenAI and while he doesn't have an ownership stake anymore, he likely still has some power within their halls.
        • javierluraschi 3y ago
          Not sure if he has that much leverage... maybe he agreed to sell to OpenAI access to Twitter/X data only if the domain was part of that deal?
          • orionblastar 3y ago
            OpenAI no longer needs the domain now that Microsoft bought them out.
            • quickthrower2 3y ago
              ai.com is not a great name. it is almost like computer.com. it is brandless
              • javierluraschi 3y ago
                I find it quite faster to type than chat.openai.com
                • saulpw 3y ago
                  I just type `ch<enter>`. Does your browser not autocomplete commonly typed URLs? (It took like 3 sessions to get it into my history.)
                  • quickthrower2 3y ago
                    Testing on my browser! c -> https://calendar.google.com/ https://calendar.google.com/ ch -> https://chat.openai.com/chat https://chat.openai.com/chat Clearly, I am a big corp using drone.
  • cratermoon 3y ago
    Sam Altman is a bit richer now, and Elon's fortune is a bit lighter.