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title: "The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch"
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published_at: "2026-09-29T22:20:59.000Z"
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source_urls: ["https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/29/the-internet-is-convinced-elon-musks-xai-trolled-openais-dots-launch/","https://huggingnews.com/ai/anthropic-recruits-religious-leaders-to-argue-claude-ai-has-soul-892e1b9d","https://marketbrief.now/ai/anthropic-recruits-religious-leaders-to-argue-claude-ai-has-soul-892e1b9d"]
summary: "Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk's xAI had already acquired the domain name \"dot.com,\" which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page."
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# The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch

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**Published:** 2026-09-29T22:20:59.000Z
**Category:** Agents
**Topics:** xai, agent, anthropic, safety

## Summary

Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk's xAI had already acquired the domain name "dot\.com," which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/29/the-internet-is-convinced-elon-musks-xai-trolled-openais-dots-launch/>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/anthropic-recruits-religious-leaders-to-argue-claude-ai-has-soul-892e1b9d>)
- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/anthropic-recruits-religious-leaders-to-argue-claude-ai-has-soul-892e1b9d>)