Ai sponge

ai_sponge
Inspired by	Nothing, Forever SpongeBob SquarePants
Original language	English
Original release
Network	Twitch YouTube
Release	5 March 2023 (2023-03-05)
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ai_sponge, also referred to as "AI SpongeBob", was a parody channel of the American animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. The channel, which was designed with the intention to run indefinitely as a livestream, used artificially generated (AI) movements, voices, and dialogue exchanges of characters to run, influenced partly by unrestricted recommendations from an online chat. As a result, strange dialogue, especially that referring to sexual topics, became common on the channel, warranting it to be banned on a number of occasions for violating their streaming platform's terms of service. As of 2025^[update], the original channel is listed as "unavailable" on Twitch and has been taken down on YouTube.

While active, the channel brought into question how much of AI can be used before it is considered copyright infringement, as well as the implications of using AI to automate entertainment, an issue which led to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.