I’ve been covering a lot of AI… but how about some unexpected outcomes from AI? Anguilla, a tiny British overseas territory, was assigned the “.ai” country code by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and the software developer who manages the domain believes it could generate $30 million this year. The total number of .ai registrations has almost doubled in the past year, and the AI boom could still generate $30 million in domain registration fees for Anguilla this year alone.
Why do we care?
There will be many interesting side effects to AI, and here’s one of them. This is a small detail to ponder among all the AI excitement because these side effects are significant business opportunities for some.