gh-87710: Update mime type for `.ai` (#141239)

Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst

@@ -472,7 +472,9 @@ mimetypes
 * Add ``application/node`` MIME type for ``.cjs`` extension. (Contributed by John Franey in :gh:`140937`.)
 * Add ``application/toml``. (Contributed by Gil Forcada in :gh:`139959`.)
 * Rename ``application/x-texinfo`` to ``application/texinfo``.
-  (Contributed by Charlie Lin in :gh:`140165`)
+  (Contributed by Charlie Lin in :gh:`140165`.)
+* Changed the MIME type for ``.ai`` files to ``application/pdf``.
+  (Contributed by Stan Ulbrych in :gh:`141239`.)
 
 
 mmap

Lib/mimetypes.py

@@ -497,9 +497,9 @@ def _default_mime_types():
         '.oda'    : 'application/oda',
         '.ogx'    : 'application/ogg',
         '.pdf'    : 'application/pdf',
+        '.ai'     : 'application/pdf',
         '.p7c'    : 'application/pkcs7-mime',
         '.ps'     : 'application/postscript',
-        '.ai'     : 'application/postscript',
         '.eps'    : 'application/postscript',
         '.texi'   : 'application/texinfo',
         '.texinfo': 'application/texinfo',

Lib/test/test_mimetypes.py

@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ class MimeTypesTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
                 ("application/octet-stream", ".bin"),
                 ("application/gzip", ".gz"),
                 ("application/ogg", ".ogx"),
+                ("application/pdf", ".pdf"),
                 ("application/postscript", ".ps"),
                 ("application/texinfo", ".texi"),
                 ("application/toml", ".toml"),

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-11-08-13-03-10.gh-issue-87710.XJeZlP.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+:mod:`mimetypes`: Update mime type for ``.ai`` files to ``application/pdf``.