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Trump’s AI rebranding call drives surge in .si domain registrations
After Trump called for artificial intelligence to be renamed “super intelligence,” people rushed to register internet addresses ending in .si.
Some registered thousands of names.
A domain resembling the Japanese startup Sakana AI was offered for a high price.
The registrations are not necessarily connected to the companies whose names they resemble.
Registrations for internet domains ending in .si surged worldwide after U.S. President Donald Trump called for artificial intelligence to be rebranded as “super intelligence.”
The article says squatters registered thousands of .si domains following Trump's order.
A domain name similar to Japanese startup Sakana AI, but not related to it, was being offered for a high price on Sept. 29.
The article's dateline is London and Tokyo.
- Who
- Domain squatters and U.S. President Donald Trump
- What
- A surge in .si domain registrations after Trump's call to rebrand artificial intelligence
- When
- After Trump's order; a similar domain was being sold on Sept. 29
- Where
- Worldwide
- Why
- Trump called for artificial intelligence to be rebranded as “super intelligence.”
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- Domain ending
- .si
- Registrations
- Thousands of registrations followed Trump's order, according to the article.
- Related startup
- Sakana AI, a Japanese startup
- Date of domain sale reference
- Sept. 29
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