Ai Sponge Rebooted

**AI\_Sponge REBOOTED**, later known as **AI\_Sponge Rehydrated**, is 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.

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. He sold his YouTube channel and the stream assets to a new team that kept the stream going under the name *AI\_Sponge Rehydrated*.

## Discord

Their Discord server houses the download for the project and has tons of other AI\_Sponge fans to chat with. Here is a link to the server: https://discord.com/invite/aisponge

As of January 7th, 2024, the server has been deleted. At around 8:34 PM EST, P4tr1ckB4t3m4n announced some people had been posting some "no-no" (child pornography) in the server channels and he deleted the server early.

## Lore

A fair amount of lore has already been established in the series, still mostly based and derived from the original Ai Sponge streams, most notably in the Mason Arc, where several users started creating topics related to a user known as “Mason”. There is also the "Swedishward" Arc, where Squidward would go from a Swedish naval officer, followed by being a Swedish admiral, Finally being elected as the prime minister of Sweden.