Editing .ai (section)

{{short description|Country code top-level domain for Anguilla}}
{{About|the top-level domain|the .ai file format|Adobe Illustrator Artwork|other uses|Ai (disambiguation)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}{{Infobox Top level domain
| name = .ai
| image = DotAI logo.svg
| introduced = 16 February 1995
| type = [[Country code top-level domain]]
| status = Active
| registry = [[Identity Digital]]
| sponsor = [[Government of Anguilla]]
| intendeduse = Entities connected with [[Anguilla]]
| actualuse = Some use in Anguilla; very popular with companies and websites related to [[artificial intelligence]] (AI).
| restrictions = None
| structure = Registrations possible at third level, beneath several second-level labels, are available to anybody; second-level registrations are now available to anybody as well (as of 26 June 2006).
| document = 
| disputepolicy = [[Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy|UDRP]] 
| dnssec = Yes
| website = {{url|https://www.nic.ai/}}
|registereddomains=572,575
|dateregistereddomains=November 2024
|refregistereddomains=<ref>{{Cite web|title=FAQ / Terms and Conditions|url=http://whois.ai/faq.html|access-date=2024-12-03|website=whois.ai}}</ref>}}
{{Artificial intelligence}}

'''.ai''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) for [[Anguilla]], a [[British Overseas Territories|British Overseas Territory]] in the [[Caribbean]]. It is administered by the [[government of Anguilla]].

It is a popular [[domain hack]] with companies and projects related to the [[artificial intelligence]] industry (AI).<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Purnell |first1=Newley |last2=Olson |first2=Parmy |date=2019-08-14 |title=AI Startup Boom Raises Questions of Exaggerated Tech Savvy |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-startup-boom-raises-questions-of-exaggerated-tech-savvy-11565775004 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190814155021/https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-startup-boom-raises-questions-of-exaggerated-tech-savvy-11565775004 |archive-date=2019-08-14 |access-date=2020-01-27 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |via=www.wsj.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-12 |title=What's in a Name? Trends in Creating Robot and AI Company Names |url=https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/ai/whats-in-a-name-trends-in-creating-robot-and-ai-company-names/ |website=Robotics Business Review |access-date=2020-01-27 |archive-date=2023-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608073838/https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/ai/whats-in-a-name-trends-in-creating-robot-and-ai-company-names/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-a-tiny-island-is-still-a-domain-name-giant/|title=Why one tiny island is still a domain name giant|first=Liam|last=Tung|website=ZDNet}}</ref>

[[Google]]'s ad targeting treats .ai as a [[generic top-level domain]] (gTLD) because "users and website owners frequently see [the domain] as being more generic than country-targeted."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Managing multi-regional and multilingual sites |url=https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182192 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005224021/https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182192 |archive-date=5 October 2019 |access-date=5 Oct 2019}}</ref>

[[Identity Digital]] began managing the domain as of January 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allemann |first=Andrew |date=2025-01-23 |title=Identity Digital is now managing .AI domains. Here's what this means for registrants |url=https://domainnamewire.com/2025/01/23/identity-digital-is-now-managing-ai-domains-heres-what-this-means-for-registrants/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Domain Name Wire |language=en-US}}</ref>