Did Elon Musk Buy Dot.com to Troll OpenAI?

Did Elon Musk Buy Dot.com Just to Troll OpenAI’s New AI Agent Dots?

OpenAI Built Always-On AI Agents Called Dots. Then Elon Musk’s xAI Bought Dot.com.OpenAI introduced Dots this week: colorful, persistent AI agents designed to keep working after you stop talking to them.Naturally, the domain names are a disaster.Type dot.com into your browser and you don’t get OpenAI.You get Grok Bot, the competing always-on agent from Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI.Type dots.com and you don’t get OpenAI there either.You get Dots, a women…

Musk's Dot.com Redirects To Grok As OpenAI Launches Dots

SpaceXAI, the Elon Musk business called xAI until SpaceX bought it, took over dot.com in July and now points it at its Grok Bot agent, a rival to the Dots that OpenAI launched on 29 September.

Did Elon Musk Buy Dot.com to Troll OpenAI?

On September 29, OpenAI launched Dots, a set of always-on AI agents that keep working on tasks after the user closes ChatGPT. Shortly afterwards, users noticed that Dot.com belongs to Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI and currently redirects to the download page for Grok Bot.

Dot.com Redirects to Grok Bot After OpenAI Dots Agent Launch

SpaceXAI’s dot.com domain now redirects to its Grok Bot page, days after OpenAI launched its dots AI agents. OpenAI unveiled dots on Tuesday, September 29, at its DevDay conference in San Francisco. A viral post on X flagged the redirect, and it drew more than three million views, according to reports. Domain records show xAI […]