dot-coms

1. Colloquial name given to start-up companies that sell goods and services over the Internet. Dot-coms proliferated in the 1990s, but many failed by early 2000. The name comes from the “.com” ending of the Internet address of such companies.

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Public companies have scurried to announce AI investments or claim AI capabilities for their products in the hope of turbocharging their share prices, much as an earlier generation of businesses promoted themselves as “dot-coms” in the 1990s to look more glittery in investors’ eyes.

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If the promise of AI turns out to be as much of a mirage as dot-coms did, stock investors may face a painful reckoning.

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One of the most entrenched beliefs we’ve run into is the idea that dot-org sites are inherently more trustworthy than dot-coms.

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Dot-coms, on the other hand, are just out to make a buck.

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Because the URL was bmj.com, after all, and “you can’t trust dot-coms.”

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