Every time someone buys a web domain ending in .ai, the tiny island nation of Anguilla gets a fee. In the same way that .au is for Australia and .uk is for the United Kingdom, the .ai country code is Anguilla's... which means that the launch of ChatGPT and the booming interest in artificial intelligence has been a windfall for Anguilla. AI start-ups have been snapping up .ai domain names over the last few years, and the fees for .ai domains now account for almost a quarter of Anguilla's government revenue.
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