人工智慧熱潮
With the artificial intelligence craze in full swing, the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla may be in for a huge payday.
隨著人工智慧熱潮風生水起，加勒比小島安吉拉可能將迎來鉅額的財富。
artificial intelligence 人工智慧craze(n.)風潮、熱潮=fadin full swing順利進行、如火如荼be in for sth.即將迎來payday(n.)發薪日、支付日
The reason for this potential financial windfall is that the tropical British territory is “in charge of assigning internet addresses that end in .ai to residents and businesses looking to register websites.”
安吉拉之所以有可能獲得這筆意外之財，原因是這個位於加勒比海的英國領土「負責為希望註冊網站的居民和企業分配.ai結尾的網址。」
windfall(n.)意外之財windfall profit意外的利潤in charge of~負責～register(v.)註冊
Until last November, there was not much interest in companies taking .ai website addresses.
直到去年十一月，企業對註冊.ai網址的興趣不大。
website address網址
However, according to Vince Cates, who has managed the .ai domain for Anguilla since the mid-1990s, registration “has effectively doubled in the past year to 287,432.”
然而，根據自1990年代中期以來一直負責管理安吉拉.ai域名的文斯·凱特所言，註冊量「在過去一年內實際上增加了一倍，達到287,432筆。」
domain(n.)網域名稱、範圍、範疇、領域public domain公有領域effectively(adv.)實際上、有效地
So what brought on this rush of interest? Cates says the release of ChatGPT on November 30, 2022, was the game changer in the .ai registration frenzy.
那麼是什麼引發了這股興趣呢？凱特表示，2022年11月30日ChatGPT發佈，是.ai註冊熱潮轉變的關鍵。
bring on導致=causegame changer在很大程度上改變形勢的事物frenzy(n.)狂熱
For tech companies, “the right name can be everything.”
對於科技公司來說，「正確的名稱可以決定一切。」
Registering a .ai website can therefore allow companies trying to separate themselves in the booming artificial intelligence industry to cleverly market their brands through their domain names.
因此，註冊.ai網站可以讓試圖在蓬勃發展的人工智慧產業中脫穎而出的公司，透過其域名巧妙地推廣自己的品牌。
booming(adj.)蓬勃發展的separate(v.)使脫穎而出set yourself apart from others使自己脫穎而出=stand out from the crowdcleverly(adv.)巧妙地
Charater.ai beat the rush by registering its domain name with Anguilla in September 2022.
Charater.ai在2022年9月透過安吉拉註冊了域名，搶佔了先機。
beat the rush搶佔先機beat sb. to the punch搶先下手
Since then, there have been a large number of big tech companies and “hot artificial intelligence startups” joining it, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Elon Musk’s X.
此後，有許多科技巨擘和「熱門人工智慧新創公司」也加入其中，包括谷歌、臉書、微軟和馬斯克的X公司。
since(prep.)自從startup(n.)新創公司
Although fees for .ai domain names may vary, each two-year registration done through services like GoDaddy now earns Anguilla $140.
儘管.ai域名的收費可能各有不同，但現在透過GoDaddy等服務進行的每兩年一次的註冊可為安吉拉帶來140美元的收入。
fee(n.)費用tuition fee學費fare(n.)車資vary(v.)改變;有差異;有所不同
Given the volume of new registrations, Cates predicts that in 2023 alone, Anguilla will likely take in between $25 million and $30 million.
有鑑於新註冊的數量，凱特預測，光是在2023年，安吉拉可能賺進2,500萬美元至3,000萬美元之間。
given(prep.)有鑑於=in light ofpredict(v.)預測=forecasttake in賺進=rake in
For a territory with a $300 million GDP in 2021, this is a huge amount of money.
對於2021年擁有3億美元GDP的安吉拉來說，這是一筆鉅額的財富。
a huge amount of~大量的a handsome sum of~ 一大筆的
However, with AI still being wildly popular, Cates believes this may just be the beginning of Anguilla’s unexpected tech-related fortunes.
然而，由於人工智慧仍然極受歡迎，凱特認為這可能只是安吉拉賺取科技意外之財的開始。
wildly(adv.)極度地=immenselyfortune(n.)財富;一大筆錢fame and fortune名和利