Because of artificial intelligence, millions flock to a small tropical island

 

Because of artificial intelligence, millions flock to a small tropical island

It is expected that a very small island in the Caribbean will earn tens

 of millions of dollars without the slightest effort from its authorities, thanks to artificial intelligence, according to a report by the American “Bloomberg” agency.

The British Anguilla Islands, which covers an area of no more than 96 square kilometers, is famous for its coral reefs and white sand beaches, but it has also become known for its Internet Domain (AI), which coincidentally is an acronym for the term “Artificial Intelligence” in English.

In addition to the global Internet domains, such as dot com (com) and Donet (net), there are geographical domains for countries and territories that may not be used without the approval of the authorities of those countries, and therefore the (ai) domain, which Anguilla acquired since the nineties of the last century, It has become required for artificial intelligence companies and websites to use it to define their websites in the Internet space.

The addresses of companies and platforms such as "Stability.ai", "X.ai" formerly known as Twitter, ""google.ai", "Facebook.ai" and "Microsoft.ai" are among the most important technology giants that use this domain in some of their addresses. on the Internet.

The total number of website registrations ending in those letters doubled in the past year to 287,432, according to Vince Kitt, who has managed the "ai" domain for Anguilla authorities for decades.

It is expected that a very small island in the Caribbean will earn tens of millions of dollars without the slightest effort from its authorities, thanks to artificial intelligence, according to a report by the American “Bloomberg” agency.

The British Anguilla Islands, which covers an area of no more than 96 square kilometers, is famous for its coral reefs and white sand beaches, but it has also become known for its Internet Domain (AI), which coincidentally is an acronym for the term “Artificial Intelligence” in English.

In addition to the global Internet domains, such as dot com (com) and Donet (net), there are geographical domains for countries and territories that may not be used without the approval of the authorities of those countries, and therefore the (ai) domain, which Anguilla acquired since the nineties of the last century, It has become required for artificial intelligence companies and websites to use it to define their websites in the Internet space.

The addresses of companies and platforms such as "Stability.ai", "X.ai" formerly known as Twitter, ""google.ai", "Facebook.ai" and "Microsoft.ai" are among the most important technology giants that use this domain in some of their addresses. on the Internet.

The total number of website registrations ending in those letters doubled in the past year to 287,432, according to Vince Kitt, who has managed the "ai" domain for Anguilla authorities for decades.

Kate estimates that Al Jazeera will make up to "$30 million" in domain registration fees for 2023. Government officials did not respond to requests for comment by Bloomberg.

And after “ai” was one of the submerged domains in the world, it has been witnessing great demand for about 9 months, which highlights the great obsession with the future of artificial intelligence, and its economic and technical effects on the global economy.

Since the launch of the "ChatGPT" application, an increasing number of technology companies have raced to raise billions in capital and attract talent in various fields to be used in the development of artificial intelligence products.

“Since November 30th, things are very different here,” Kate explained, referring to the date ChatGPT was publicly launched.

He said he moved to Anguilla from the US in 1994 to work on what he described as an "early cryptocurrency payment system," but began managing an "ai" domain registry on the tropical island shortly after settling in.

All in all, the number of current "ai" domains is very small compared to the number of registered ".com" domains, which are more than 160 million, according to Matt Zook, a professor at the University of Kentucky, who has a decades-old research project called ZookNIC that tracks name registrations. Domains all over the world

It is expected that a very small island in the Caribbean will earn tens of millions of dollars without the slightest effort from its authorities, thanks to artificial intelligence, according to a report by the American “Bloomberg” agency.

The British Anguilla Islands, which covers an area of no more than 96 square kilometers, is famous for its coral reefs and white sand beaches, but it has also become known for its Internet Domain (AI), which coincidentally is an acronym for the term “Artificial Intelligence” in English.

In addition to the global Internet domains, such as dot com (com) and Donet (net), there are geographical domains for countries and territories that may not be used without the approval of the authorities of those countries, and therefore the (ai) domain, which Anguilla acquired since the nineties of the last century, It has become required for artificial intelligence companies and websites to use it to define their websites in the Internet space.

The addresses of companies and platforms such as "Stability.ai", "X.ai" formerly known as Twitter, ""google.ai", "Facebook.ai" and "Microsoft.ai" are among the most important technology giants that use this domain in some of their addresses. on the Internet.

The total number of website registrations ending in those letters doubled in the past year to 287,432, according to Vince Kitt, who has managed the "ai" domain for Anguilla authorities for decades.