The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch

互联网确信埃隆·马斯克的 xAI 恶搞了 OpenAI 的“Dots”发布会

On Tuesday, OpenAI launched a new product called Dots, an always-on AI agent with a bubbly, blobby avatar. While the colorful avatar might evoke a smile, the biggest laugh from the launch is (we imagine) being had by Elon Musk, the former OpenAI founder who left, launched competitor Grok, and unsuccessfully sued. 周二，OpenAI 发布了一款名为 Dots 的新产品，这是一个带有活泼、圆润头像的常驻 AI 智能体。虽然这个色彩鲜艳的头像可能会让人会心一笑，但我们认为，这场发布会最大的笑话制造者应该是埃隆·马斯克——这位 OpenAI 的前创始人曾离开公司，创立了竞争对手 Grok，并曾对 OpenAI 提起过诉讼。

That’s because the domain “dot.com” belongs to Musk’s xAI, and it currently redirects to the download page for xAI’s Grok chatbot app. According to the Whois domain owner registry, that domain name was just transferred in July. 原因在于，“dot.com”这个域名属于马斯克的 xAI，目前它会直接跳转到 xAI 的 Grok 聊天机器人应用的下载页面。根据 Whois 域名所有者注册信息显示，该域名是在今年 7 月刚刚完成转让的。

It is entirely possible that xAI bought the domain for normal domain-buying reasons. “Dot” could be a typo of “bot,” so it nabbed it to grab mistyped searches. We’ve reached out to xAI and asked. But xAI doesn’t own the “bot.com” name, nor does it own other obvious typo domains like “vot.com,” which is listed for sale. xAI 出于正常的域名购买需求买下该域名是完全可能的。“Dot”可能是“bot”的拼写错误，因此他们买下它是为了截获拼写错误的搜索流量。我们已经联系了 xAI 进行求证。但 xAI 并不拥有“bot.com”，也没有拥有其他明显的拼写错误域名，比如目前正在挂牌出售的“vot.com”。

The internet’s theory is far funnier: that Musk (or his team) pulled off a prank, getting wind of OpenAI’s new product and its name and buying the domain name. In fact, anonymous X user and xAI watcher @birdabo (this person calls themselves “chief shitposting officer @SpaceXAI“) was first to spot the domain name in a now-viral post. 互联网上的猜测则有趣得多：马斯克（或他的团队）搞了一场恶作剧，在得知 OpenAI 的新产品及其名称后，抢先买下了该域名。事实上，匿名 X 用户兼 xAI 观察者 @birdabo（此人自称是“@SpaceXAI 的首席发帖官”）是第一个发现该域名的人，并发布了一条现已疯传的推文。

Whatever the motivation, the circumstance is funny. And as for the “dots.com” domain, a more direct fit to the product name, it currently belongs to a long-defunct company. So if a petty revenge prank was really the motivation, grabbing that name, too, would be next level. 无论动机如何，这种情况本身就很滑稽。至于与产品名称更直接匹配的“dots.com”域名，目前属于一家早已倒闭的公司。所以，如果这真的是一场小肚鸡肠的报复性恶作剧，那么连那个域名也一并拿下才算得上是“更上一层楼”。

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NO WAY. OpenAI just announced Dots. SpaceXAI bought https://t.co/WdFqpl07IQ it redirects straight to the Grok Bot download page. based lmao. pic.twitter.com/HF95hLF0T9 — sui (@birdabo) September 29, 2026

哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈，不会吧。 OpenAI 刚刚发布了 Dots。 SpaceXAI 买下了 https://t.co/WdFqpl07IQ 它直接跳转到 Grok Bot 的下载页面。太硬核了，笑死。 pic.twitter.com/HF95hLF0T9 — sui (@birdabo) 2026年9月29日