周二，OpenAI 推出了一款名为 Dots 的新产品，这是一款始终在线的 AI 智能体，拥有一个圆润、 blobby（像一团软泥般）的头像。虽然这个色彩斑斓的头像可能会让人会心一笑，但这次发布最大的笑料（我们想象）来自 Elon Musk，这位前 OpenAI 创始人在离开后推出了竞争对手 Grok，并进行了未成功的诉讼。

这是因为域名“dot.com”属于 Musk 的 xAI，目前它重定向到 xAI 的 Grok 聊天机器人应用的下载页面。根据 Whois 域名所有者注册表，该域名刚刚在七月完成转移。

xAI 出于正常的域名购买原因购买该域名的可能性完全存在。“Dot”可能是“bot”的拼写错误，因此他们买下它是为了捕获拼写错误的搜索流量。我们已经联系 xAI 并进行了询问。但 xAI 并不拥有“bot.com”这个名称，也不拥有其他明显的拼写错误域名如“vot.com”，后者目前挂牌出售。

互联网上的理论更加有趣：Musk（或其团队）搞了一个恶作剧，得知 OpenAI 的新产品及其名称后买下了该域名。

事实上，匿名 X 用户和 xAI 观察者 @birdabo（此人自称“@SpaceXAI 的首席灌水官”）是第一个在一条现已病毒式传播的帖子中发现该域名的。无论动机如何，这种情境都很有趣。

至于与产品名称更直接匹配的“dots.com”域名，目前属于一家早已不复存在的公司。因此，如果真的是出于 petty revenge（琐碎的报复）恶作剧的动机，买下这个名字也将是下一层级的操作。

On Tuesday, OpenAI launched a new product called Dots, an always-on AI agent with a bubbly, blobby avatar. While the colorful avatar might evoke a smile, the biggest laugh from the launch is (we imagine) being had by Elon Musk, the former OpenAI founder who left, launched competitor Grok, and unsuccessfully sued.

That’s because the domain “dot.com” belongs to Musk’s xAI, and it currently redirects to the download page for xAI’s Grok chatbot app. According to the Whois domain owner registry, that domain name was just transferred in July.

It is entirely possible that xAI bought the domain for normal domain-buying reasons. “Dot” could be a typo of “bot,” so it nabbed it to grab mistyped searches. We’ve reached out to xAI and asked. But xAI doesn’t own the “bot.com” name, nor does it own other obvious typo domains like “vot.com,” which is listed for sale.

The internet’s theory is far funnier: that Musk (or his team) pulled off a prank, getting wind of OpenAI’s new product and its name and buying the domain name.

In fact, anonymous X user and xAI watcher @birdabo (this person calls themselves “chief shitposting officer @SpaceXAI “) was first to spot the domain name in a now-viral post. Whatever the motivation, the circumstance is funny.

And as for the “dots.com” domain, a more direct fit to the product name, it currently belongs to a long-defunct company. So if a petty revenge prank was really the motivation, grabbing that name, too, would be next level.