Hi James,
I would like to add a brief follow-up in support of Wes's response.

AI-driven services, like any other Internet application, primarily
operate at the application layer and typically interact with the DNS
through recursive resolvers rather than directly with the Root Server
System. As such, the broader question of how AI may influence DNS
usage appears to fall outside the specific remit of RSSAC, which, as
Wes noted, advises the ICANN Board on matters related to the Root
Server System.

Broader technical questions about AI’s impact with the DNS ecosystem
may therefore be more appropriately explored in venues with a wider
technical mandate over Internet protocols and architecture such as the
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

Dessalegn


On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM James Olorundare via rssac-caucus
<rssac-caucus@icann.org> wrote:
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> Dear RSSAC Caucus members,
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> Thank you for the valuable contributions and detailed feedback shared regarding the above proposal.
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> This is now moving into the next stage of development, which focuses on synthesizing your comments into a cleaned and more cohesive draft. I am excited to present this refined version to the Caucus for further iteration as we work toward a clean document.
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> Thank you again for your time and expertise.
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>
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> James Kunle Olorundare
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> On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 5:14 AM Wes Hardaker <hardaker@isi.edu> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM Zhiwei Yan via rssac-caucus <rssac-caucus@icann.org> wrote:
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>>> This is an excellent topic. It would be more focused if the scope could be further clarified in the objectives as targeting the security and stability impacts of AI on the DNS root service system.
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>> Thank you James for bringing this topic to the attention of the caucus, and thank you Zhiwei for identifying a critical element of whether or not it is relevant to the scope of the caucus' work.  I'd like to quote the RSSAC web page on the purpose of RSSAC and its caucus:
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>> "The RSSAC advises the ICANN community and the Board on matters relating to the operation, administration, security, and integrity of the Root Server System."
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>> Thus, for a work party to be formed the topic must be specifically relevant to the root server system, not the DNS more generically.  There are many other forums where AI impacts on the DNS as a whole may be more appropriate (for example, the IETF or maybe the SSAC).
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>> Wes Hardaker
>> USC/ISI
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