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Trump's AI rebrand causes 'record' demand for Slovenian website names
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Donald Trump's push to rename AI may be behind an "unprecedented" rise in registrations for domain names in Slovenia, according to its official national registry.
Key facts
- For example, in 1997 Rick Schwartz, known as "The Domain King", bought the domain name men.com for $15,000 (£11,300)
- Trump called for the technology to be renamed during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 11 September
- She said on 30 September alone, 11,000 new registrations were recorded
- The US president wants AI to be called "super intelligence"
- or SI
- the same initials used by Slovenian websites
Summary
The US president wants AI to be called "super intelligence" - or SI - the same initials used by Slovenian websites. Register.si spokeswoman Klara Herman said 44,000 web addresses with the.si suffix had been registered in September, compared to less than 2,000 in August - an increase of more than 2,100%. She said the scale of activity in late September was "unprecedented" compared to the previous 12 months. Trump called for the technology to be renamed during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 11 September.