The Unexpected Announcement
During a speech at the UN General Assembly, the President of the United States suggested abandoning the term artificial intelligence, considering it 'false', and proposed adopting 'Superintelligence', with the acronym SI. According to him, the name change would be more accurate and positive.
Immediate Effect in Slovenia
The proposal had a direct impact on domain registrations in the European country. The Register.si authority, responsible for managing addresses ending in .si, recorded a jump to 3,700 daily requests after the speech, compared to an average of 3,500 throughout August.
Official Recommendation
In a note published on the entity's website, Register.si advised companies and trademark holders to quickly secure their .si domains. The measure aims to prevent commercial names from becoming unavailable amid the wave of registrations.
Context and Numbers
- Slovenia has managed the .si extension since the 1990s.
- The increase is unrelated to First Lady Melania Trump's Slovenian origins.
- Experts attribute the phenomenon exclusively to the coincidence of the SI acronym with the new expression advocated by Trump.