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OpenAI Bought Chatgpt.com

20 points by Alifatisk 3y ago

achow 3y ago
More details.. https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com/ https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com/
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Legend2440 3y ago
I'm mostly just surprised they didn't do this before launch.
brcmthrowaway 3y ago
Is registering domains with names similar to a product of a third party a valid investment strategy? Particularly if it is very early in the product lifecycle?
- squigz 3y ago
  There are some who believe so. I think they call it "domain investing"
  - philipov 3y ago
    Never heard it called that. Domain Squatting is the more common way to refer to it.
    - squigz 3y ago
      The "investors" don't like that, with its perfectly accurate negative connotations
- xvector 3y ago
  It could be, especially since the average person likely isn't familiar with OpenAI but has definitely heard of ChatGPT.
- xz18r 3y ago
  Isn’t that illegal to a certain extent (domain squatting)?
seydor 3y ago
still a terrible name
- readyplayeremma 3y ago
  Maybe it was before, but now the entire world knows it well. To change it would be taking an incredibly recognizable name—like Twitter for instance—and then just throwing it away. ChatGPT is forever part of history, and almost everyone recognizes it immediately at this point.
  - aixpert 3y ago
    it's still a terrible name it has four syllables it's hard to pronounce the last three letters can easily be confused it looks ugly etc
    - benwad 3y ago
      Tell that to PostgreSQL
      - xigoi 3y ago
        Which is also a terrible name.
- meatjuice 3y ago
  It’s even horrible with this change
bcye 3y ago
It's not clear wether it has been bought: > I don’t know if there was any financial settlement involved in this dispute. Generally speaking, the only incentives I can think of for a respondent to settle a UDRP dispute early is if a payment is made or in order to prevent an adverse UDRP decision. In addition, even if a UDRP panel ruled in favor of the respondent, it could have been a Pyrrhic victory if the complainant opted to escalate this to the courts, where legal fees can add up quickly https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com/ https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com/
troymc 3y ago
It seems the folks at OpenAI were surprised by how popular ChatGPT became. Because they didn't expect it, they didn't do the usual things to protect the "ChatGPT" brand, such as buying the .com domain name. They also didn't do a very good job of protecting the "CHATGPT" wordmark trademark. Check out all the "live" trademarks there are for "CHATGPT" with the USPTO, and note how most of them don't belong to OpenAI: https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-information https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-information Edit: It seems there's no way to link to the search results, but you can do a new search for CHATGPT easily enough.
rvz 3y ago
Do you know what is more interesting? Why does ai.com now point to Google Gemini? Who really owns ai.com? Or does OpenAI or x.ai still own the domain and just redirects it to other places?
- practice9 3y ago
  Wasn't it pointing to https://x.ai https://x.ai just a few months ago? Interesting
- Alifatisk 3y ago
  That's so interesting, it pointed to Twitters Grok previously
geor9e 3y ago
Shouldn't the headline be "Person who bought chatgpt.com on godaddy pointed it at an openai IP address" since that's all we know? They could just change it on godaddy to point to geminis IP tomorrow in godaddy dns settings if they wanted, right? How do we know openai is even involved?
- rthnbgrredf 3y ago
  I guess we can simply ask in the official forum whether chatgpt.com is a legit domain owned by OpenAI to settle the question.
- Alifatisk 3y ago
  It's a valid assumption because chat.openai.com points to chatgpt.com Also, others commented this link: https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com
bayuah 3y ago
Hi, I only confirmed that when I opened https://chat.openai.com https://chat.openai.com, it redirected to https://chatgpt.com https://chatgpt.com, right now (2024-05-05 02:26 UTC), at least here.
- bayuah 3y ago
  Well, probably I should change my chat bookmarks to new address.
  - a_vanderbilt 2y ago
    Funny enough I only noticed because I was canceling my subscription and it redirected me.
DataDynamo 3y ago
I was confused why https://chat.openai.com https://chat.openai.com suddenly redirects to https://chatgpt.com https://chatgpt.com which results in connection refused. Turns out chatgpt.com is in many blocklists (e.g. Pi-Hole) due to it being a potentially unsafe Domain before OpenAI acquiring it. So heads up if you use Pi-Hole / AdGuard etc.!

20 points by Alifatisk 3y ago

More details.. https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com/ https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com/

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Legend2440 3y ago

I'm mostly just surprised they didn't do this before launch.

brcmthrowaway 3y ago

Is registering domains with names similar to a product of a third party a valid investment strategy? Particularly if it is very early in the product lifecycle?

squigz 3y ago
There are some who believe so. I think they call it "domain investing"
- philipov 3y ago
  Never heard it called that. Domain Squatting is the more common way to refer to it.
  - squigz 3y ago
    The "investors" don't like that, with its perfectly accurate negative connotations
xvector 3y ago
It could be, especially since the average person likely isn't familiar with OpenAI but has definitely heard of ChatGPT.
xz18r 3y ago
Isn’t that illegal to a certain extent (domain squatting)?

seydor 3y ago

still a terrible name

readyplayeremma 3y ago
Maybe it was before, but now the entire world knows it well. To change it would be taking an incredibly recognizable name—like Twitter for instance—and then just throwing it away. ChatGPT is forever part of history, and almost everyone recognizes it immediately at this point.
- aixpert 3y ago
  it's still a terrible name it has four syllables it's hard to pronounce the last three letters can easily be confused it looks ugly etc
  - benwad 3y ago
    Tell that to PostgreSQL
    - xigoi 3y ago
      Which is also a terrible name.
meatjuice 3y ago
It’s even horrible with this change

bcye 3y ago

It's not clear wether it has been bought: > I don’t know if there was any financial settlement involved in this dispute. Generally speaking, the only incentives I can think of for a respondent to settle a UDRP dispute early is if a payment is made or in order to prevent an adverse UDRP decision. In addition, even if a UDRP panel ruled in favor of the respondent, it could have been a Pyrrhic victory if the complainant opted to escalate this to the courts, where legal fees can add up quickly https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com/ https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com/

troymc 3y ago

It seems the folks at OpenAI were surprised by how popular ChatGPT became. Because they didn't expect it, they didn't do the usual things to protect the "ChatGPT" brand, such as buying the .com domain name. They also didn't do a very good job of protecting the "CHATGPT" wordmark trademark. Check out all the "live" trademarks there are for "CHATGPT" with the USPTO, and note how most of them don't belong to OpenAI: https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-information https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-information Edit: It seems there's no way to link to the search results, but you can do a new search for CHATGPT easily enough.

rvz 3y ago

Do you know what is more interesting? Why does ai.com now point to Google Gemini? Who really owns ai.com? Or does OpenAI or x.ai still own the domain and just redirects it to other places?

practice9 3y ago
Wasn't it pointing to https://x.ai https://x.ai just a few months ago? Interesting
Alifatisk 3y ago
That's so interesting, it pointed to Twitters Grok previously

geor9e 3y ago

Shouldn't the headline be "Person who bought chatgpt.com on godaddy pointed it at an openai IP address" since that's all we know? They could just change it on godaddy to point to geminis IP tomorrow in godaddy dns settings if they wanted, right? How do we know openai is even involved?

rthnbgrredf 3y ago
I guess we can simply ask in the official forum whether chatgpt.com is a legit domain owned by OpenAI to settle the question.
Alifatisk 3y ago
It's a valid assumption because chat.openai.com points to chatgpt.com Also, others commented this link: https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com

bayuah 3y ago

Hi, I only confirmed that when I opened https://chat.openai.com https://chat.openai.com, it redirected to https://chatgpt.com https://chatgpt.com, right now (2024-05-05 02:26 UTC), at least here.

bayuah 3y ago
Well, probably I should change my chat bookmarks to new address.
- a_vanderbilt 2y ago
  Funny enough I only noticed because I was canceling my subscription and it redirected me.

DataDynamo 3y ago

I was confused why https://chat.openai.com https://chat.openai.com suddenly redirects to https://chatgpt.com https://chatgpt.com which results in connection refused. Turns out chatgpt.com is in many blocklists (e.g. Pi-Hole) due to it being a potentially unsafe Domain before OpenAI acquiring it. So heads up if you use Pi-Hole / AdGuard etc.!