Trump Wants to Replace ‘AI’ with ‘SI’—Why Is Slovenia Suddenly in the Spotlight?

Through an executive order, U.S. President Donald Trump has mandated that the term "Artificial Intelligence" (AI)—widely used across government agencies—be replaced with "Super Intelligence" (SI). This rebranding has not only sparked discussion within the tech world, but has also thrust the small European nation of Slovenia into the global media spotlight, thanks to the new acronym, "SI."

Following Trump’s announcement, there has been an unexpected surge in global demand for Slovenia’s national internet domain extension, ".si." According to the country’s domain registration data, thousands of new domains have been registered since the introduction of this new term.

Much like how the Caribbean island nation of Anguilla’s ".ai" domain is extensively used by artificial intelligence-related companies and startups, a competition has now emerged among various tech firms and "cybersquatters" to secure Slovenia’s ".si" domain.

This sudden global demand has created a significant economic opportunity for Slovenia’s domain market and has become a major topic of discussion.

Source: South China Morning Post