No registered date for .ai domains anymore?

[BillTr]

Can anyone still see the date a .ai domain was registered? Recently the registered dates for these domains disappeared for no reasons when I click refresh on whois.com

Before

After

 

[namegulf]

You're right, not showing even on the .ai official NIC site https://whois.nic.ai/public.jsp

 

[BillTr]

I just got a response from Vince about whois.ai, I think there are some changes in regulations and we won't be able to see registered dates anymore

 

[Oceana Domains]

Use whoxy.com

 

[MilesWeb]

Yes, whois.com no longer displays the registration date for .ai domains by default. However you can try out some of mentioned ways,

1. use some other whois services that show the registration date for .ai domains
2. websites like archive.org may have archived snapshots of whois information for a domain, check it too

 

[equity78]

Vincent Cate confimed they are gone. Not coming back most likely.

 

[namegulf]

ICANN requires details such as the domain's registrar, registrant (owner) information, administrative and technical contacts, and DNS information.

Registered date is not one of them, so its up to the registry to decide.

 

[enterscope]

If .AI wasn't so popular, it would really suck.

Can you imagine if any other extension behaved the way .AI does?

..no extensions after paying 2 years fee to transfer .AI domain
..no public drop or expiry information

Registry is trash.

 

[bmugford]

You're right, not showing even on the .ai official NIC site https://whois.nic.ai/public.jsp

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It can be pretty relevant when it comes to domain disputes.

More questionable decisions from the one dude that runs the registry.

Brad

 

[Future Sensors]

More questionable decisions from the one dude that runs the registry.

And also handles UDRP cases.

 

[DomainGist]

It can be pretty relevant when it comes to domain disputes.

More questionable decisions from the one dude that runs the registry.

Brad

Very good point.

I wonder what would stop him from charging $99 for disclosure of registration date in some sort of document.

Could potentially make $99 x 2 from both the respondent and the complainant in a potential domain dispute!

 

[HotKey]

If .AI wasn't so popular, it would really suck.

Can you imagine if any other extension behaved the way .AI does?

..no extensions after paying 2 years fee to transfer .AI domain
..no public drop or expiry information

Registry is trash.

Yeh it's ironic dot-ai doesn't learn

 

[bmugford]

Yeh it's ironic dot-ai doesn't learn

I can't get over the idea that a major registry is just controlled by some guy.

As a ccTLD, ICANN doesn't really have any authority.

That's a potential disaster when it comes to oversight and accountability.

Brad

 

[Future Sensors]

"Although .ai is an open TLD, meaning that registrations are available to anyone to buy on a first come, first served basis, there are some grounds for which the Anguillan government will suspend or revoke a .ai domain name registration, and these go beyond just trademark-related issues to also include phishing, hate speech, copyright violations, etc. Therefore, Anguilla could revoke a company’s .ai domain even without any evidence of a trademark violation."

Source: GoDaddy Corporate Domains, Sep 2023

https://gcd.com/posts/examining-ai-...itional-it-compliance-and-legal-requirements/

 

[HotKey]

I can't get over the idea that a major registry is just controlled by some guy.

As a ccTLD, ICANN doesn't really have any authority.

That's a potential disaster when it comes to oversight and accountability.

Brad

Exactly, it's public info if you're a serious investor one would know the risks. BTW I like the dot-ai extension you can't get a better match for the niche but it's fallen short of norms in the DN industry. Basically DYOR, anything outside regulated formats expect the unexpected.

 

[pb]

I can't get over the idea that a major registry is just controlled by some guy.

The thing is, it's not a major registry, it's a small island that happened to get a bouble-meaning ccTLD, same as .tv or .fm. I move to strip them of .ai and change it to now-unused .an, and move Tuvalu to .tu. And let's swap .io to .cs (for Chagos) while we're at it. I'm sure Czechoslovakia won't mind.

 

[Future Sensors]

The thing is, it's not a major registry

That’s definitely true when you look at the number of domain registrations. However, it’s also worth noting that many significant AI companies are now using .ai domains for their businesses. And it’s precisely these companies that hold a significant amount of our personal data.

 

[bmugford]

The thing is, it's not a major registry, it's a small island that happened to get a bouble-meaning ccTLD, same as .tv or .fm. I move to strip them of .ai and change it to now-unused .an, and move Tuvalu to .tu. And let's swap .io to .cs (for Chagos) while we're at it. I'm sure Czechoslovakia won't mind.

It has become a major registry (in importance), even if geographically it is a minor player.

Some companies are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for a registry that appears to be controlled by one guy.

The registry seems to have primitive polices and back end, and what I see as an undercurrent of greed and entitlement with their recent comments.

Like how is one guy handling UDRP disputes with his gmail address? It's kind of ridiculous honestly.

Brad

 

[pb]

That’s definitely true when you look at the number of domain registrations. However, it’s also worth noting that many significant AI companies are now using .ai domains for their businesses. And it’s precisely these companies that hold a significant amount of our personal data.

The number of registrations will start to drop dramatically in a few months, when the second year of a lot of hype registrations lapses.

 

[bmugford]

The number of registrations will start to drop dramatically in a few months, when the second year of a lot of hype registrations lapses.

Without a doubt.

There will be demand for top terms, but there is no way there are 500,000 investment grade domains.

That is especially true when you factor in the carrying cost.

Long term "AI" will either become toxic or superfluous in use. IMO.

There are already many articles about companies finding out that "AI" is turning off customers. If "AI" takes over, then the term is not really needed.

Brad