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Off topic, my initial reaction was it would have been more of a flex if they managed to get the domain gov.ai, since US gov already owns the .gov TLD, but it tu

by ak_111 3y ago

Off topic, my initial reaction was it would have been more of a flex if they managed to get the domain gov.ai, since US gov already owns the .gov TLD, but it turns out that this domain is already used by government of Anguilla which already owns the ai TLD. Looking into this further, I also learnt that in fact selling ai TLD has become a non-trivial part of Anguilla's GDP since chatgpt was released.

tbrownaw 3y ago
Even if it wasn't already used, putting putting official government stuff somewhere that's under the control of a different government is maybe not the best of plans. I'm even mildly annoyed that the website for the city I live in is under .org rather than under .${STATE_CODE}.us where it should be.
ethbr1 3y ago
Oh, look at the tortured path that .io dollars take, since it's technically a TLD for an occupied country, being operated by someone (Ethos Capital) with no connection to or permission from the original or current inhabitants. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#History https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#History
- ak_111 3y ago
  There is surprisingly still a lot of short-ish .ai urls available by the way, unlike io, the transition from io is still not complete.
  - james-revisoai 3y ago
    Available yes, but many are "premium/aftermarket" pricing now. There is such a high proportion of these names/prices popping up when you do domain search compared to the dominant "Unavailable" of .io or .com. Source: I've registered .ai names since 2019. I use a 5 and 8 letter fairly common english word for two .ai domains; both were standard pricing originally, but comparable available domains are now >$10k. However, I could probably at best resell my domains for < $1k each, as resell value for .ai is hard once you use them. I guess investor dollars and being seen to do something might due the demand for these premium domain options.

by ak_111 3y ago

tbrownaw 3y ago

Even if it wasn't already used, putting putting official government stuff somewhere that's under the control of a different government is maybe not the best of plans. I'm even mildly annoyed that the website for the city I live in is under .org rather than under .${STATE_CODE}.us where it should be.

ethbr1 3y ago

Oh, look at the tortured path that .io dollars take, since it's technically a TLD for an occupied country, being operated by someone (Ethos Capital) with no connection to or permission from the original or current inhabitants. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#History https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#History

ak_111 3y ago
There is surprisingly still a lot of short-ish .ai urls available by the way, unlike io, the transition from io is still not complete.
- james-revisoai 3y ago
  Available yes, but many are "premium/aftermarket" pricing now. There is such a high proportion of these names/prices popping up when you do domain search compared to the dominant "Unavailable" of .io or .com. Source: I've registered .ai names since 2019. I use a 5 and 8 letter fairly common english word for two .ai domains; both were standard pricing originally, but comparable available domains are now >$10k. However, I could probably at best resell my domains for < $1k each, as resell value for .ai is hard once you use them. I guess investor dollars and being seen to do something might due the demand for these premium domain options.