Government of Anguilla and Identity Digital Announce Partnership (1.Viewing)

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The Government of Anguilla (GOA) and Identity Digital have announced a new partnership aimed at enhancing the sustainability, security, and resilience of the .AI domain. As artificial intelligence technologies continue to expand, .AI domains contributed to 20% of Anguilla's total revenue in 2023. The partnership will ensure stable, long-term growth for .AI, leveraging Identity Digital’s expertise to improve the domain's infrastructure and cybersecurity. The increased revenue will be reinvested into Anguilla’s community, supporting projects like airport expansion and improved healthcare. Both partners aim to make .AI a trusted, globally recognized domain.

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Update: I have confirmed with Identity Digital that, once it takes over management of the domain, all registrar transfers will include an extension of the expiration date. Currently, .ai is unusual in that registrar transfers do not add to the expiration date despite the fee

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Anguilla’s government, which uses the gov.ai home page, collects a fee every time an .ai web address is renewed. The territory signed a deal Tuesday with a U.S. company to manage the domains amid explosive demand but the fees aren’t expected to change. It also gets paid when new addresses are registered and expired ones are sold off. Some sites have fetched tens of thousands of dollars.

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