AI Sponge Rebooted

AI_Sponge REBOOTED, later known as AI_Sponge Rehydrated, was a revival project of the OG AI_Sponge created by someone who previously hosted the official streams and goes by the name Pork, or PorkAI and was launched on July 30th, 2023. Pork had announced to hand over the project to DZTH (one of the main devs) indefinitely while away due to personal matters but has since returned to the project, only to quit indefinitely afterwards. The streams were discontinued on January 7th, 2024.
It uses the same models as the original (found by plankn and MC_XP on discord) as well as new ones for new characters and locations. The project is constantly given updates and is Open-Source for anyone to download, modify and stream.
== History ==
=== Origins ===
On July 26, 2023, JAZZA announced on the ai_sponge Discord server that the official Ai_Sponge livestreams would come to an end. UberDuck, which provided the voices that were used by ai_sponge, had ended public voice support, essentially making it impossible to continue the project. Additionally, the streams had begun to decline in popularity following the continuous moving of the streams due to copyright claims. JAZZA started to lose interest in the series, ultimately leading to the decision to end ai_sponge.
On July 30, 2023, an unofficial alpha stream of Ai_Sponge was hosted on fakeyou.com on YouTube by a channel that previously hosted the official stream, Later known as PorkAI. In early development, the streams were very prone to glitches in these early builds. Rebooted showcases new voices, a new map, new characters, and numerous improvements. The development team works hard to fix bugs and add even more content to the streams.
=== Present Day ===
As of January 8th, 2024, the streams are no longer being made under Pork, and the project has been unofficially passed on to the AI_Sponge Rehydrated team; unlike the transition from Jazza's AI Sponge to Rebooted, the streams are nearly identical to Pork's. However, AI Sponge Rebooted was also proven to be very popular among the original AI Sponge community, with one stream getting over 4,000 views.
On January 5th, the stream was discontinued by Pork, with him stating that he needed “time to . . . actually make [the stream] decent.” This coincided with a change in ownership, as Pork’s ownership was taken over by a user known as P4tr1ckB4t3m4n; Pork confirmed that he authorized the change as stated in his YouTube community post
On January 7th, 2024 Pork announced that he was abandoning the project indefinitely. The Discord server was renamed to "CENACORD" and was deleted later in the day. His stream assets were used by a new team that kept the stream going under the name AI_Sponge Rehydrated.
On June 13, 2024, the stream got terminated by Paramount. It will take a month for it to be up again.
It came back two days later only for it to be terminated YET AGAIN by Paramount.
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