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xAI acquires dot.com domain, fueling speculation of troll on OpenAI's 'Dots' launch

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Elon Musk's xAI appears to have preemptively trolled OpenAI's launch of its new AI agent, "Dots." Just before OpenAI's announcement, xAI acquired the domain name "dot.com," which now redirects users to the download page for Musk's Grok chatbot. This move has led to widespread speculation across the internet that xAI intentionally timed the domain acquisition to coincide with and mock OpenAI's product release. AI

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xAI acquires dot.com domain, fueling speculation of troll on OpenAI's 'Dots' launch

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · justpaste ·

    The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk’s xAI had already

    The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk’s xAI had already acquired the domain name “dot.com,” which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page. https:// justpaste.in/news/th…

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