--- title: The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled... description: OpenAI launched a new always-on AI agent called Dots with a bubbly avatar, and observers noticed that the domain 'dot.com' was quietly transferred to Elon... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-internet-is-convinced-elon-musk-s-xai-trolled-openai-s-dots-launch-gtefyus8b twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI launched a new always-on AI agent called Dots with a bubbly avatar, and observers noticed that the domain 'dot.com' was quietly transferred to Elon... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-internet-is-convinced-elon-musk-s-xai-trolled-openai-s-dots-launch-gtefyus8b og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GTeFYus8b.png og:image:alt: The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI launched a new always-on AI agent called Dots with a bubbly avatar, and observers noticed that the domain 'dot.com' was quietly transferred to Elon Musk's xAI in July, now redirecting to Grok's download page. Speculation online holds that this was a deliberate prank by Musk or his team timed to OpenAI's launch, though it could simply be a typo-domain purchase since 'dot' resembles 'bot'. The truly on-brand 'dots.com' domain remains owned by an unrelated defunct company. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OpenAI launches dots, always-on AI agents with their own cloud computers](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-launches-dots-always-on-ai-agents-with-their-own-cloud-computers-ci9onynya) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [OpenAI Shipped Always On Agents. 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