<s>
15.ai	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
non-commercial	O
freeware	B-License
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
generates	O
natural	O
emotive	O
high-fidelity	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
voices	O
from	O
an	O
assortment	O
of	O
fictional	O
characters	O
from	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
media	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
an	O
anonymous	O
MIT	O
researcher	O
under	O
the	O
eponymous	O
pseudonym	O
15	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
uses	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
audio	O
synthesis	O
algorithms	O
,	O
speech	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
deep	O
neural	O
networks	O
,	O
and	O
sentiment	O
analysis	O
models	O
to	O
generate	O
and	O
serve	O
emotive	O
character	O
voices	O
faster	O
than	O
real-time	O
,	O
particularly	O
those	O
with	O
a	O
very	O
small	O
amount	O
of	O
trainable	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launched	O
in	O
early	O
2020	O
,	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
began	O
as	O
a	O
proof	O
of	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
democratization	O
of	O
voice	O
acting	O
and	O
dubbing	O
using	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
gratis	O
and	O
non-commercial	O
nature	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
only	O
stipulation	O
being	O
that	O
the	O
project	O
be	O
properly	O
credited	O
when	O
used	O
)	O
,	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
,	O
no	O
user	O
account	O
registration	O
requirement	O
,	O
and	O
substantial	O
improvements	O
to	O
current	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
implementations	O
have	O
been	O
lauded	O
by	O
users	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
some	O
critics	O
and	O
voice	O
actors	O
have	O
questioned	O
the	O
legality	O
and	O
ethicality	O
of	O
leaving	O
such	O
technology	O
publicly	O
available	O
and	O
readily	O
accessible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Credited	O
as	O
the	O
impetus	O
behind	O
the	O
popularization	O
of	O
AI	B-Application
voice	B-Algorithm
cloning	I-Algorithm
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
audio	B-Algorithm
deepfakes	I-Algorithm
)	O
in	O
content	O
creation	O
and	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
publicly	O
available	O
AI	B-Application
vocal	O
synthesis	O
project	O
to	O
involve	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
existing	O
popular	O
fictional	O
characters	O
,	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
has	O
had	O
a	O
significant	O
impact	O
on	O
multiple	O
Internet	O
fandoms	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
the	O
My	B-Application
Little	I-Application
Pony	I-Application
:	I-Application
Friendship	I-Application
Is	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
,	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
SpongeBob	O
SquarePants	O
fandoms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
has	O
inspired	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
4chan	O
's	O
Pony	O
Preservation	O
Project	O
in	O
other	O
generative	B-General_Concept
artificial	I-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
commercial	O
alternatives	O
have	O
spawned	O
with	O
the	O
rising	O
popularity	O
of	O
15.ai,	O
leading	O
to	O
cases	O
of	O
misattribution	O
and	O
theft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2022	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
discovered	O
that	O
Voiceverse	O
NFT	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
that	O
voice	O
actor	O
Troy	O
Baker	O
announced	O
his	O
partnership	O
with	O
,	O
had	O
plagiarized	O
ai	O
's	O
work	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
8	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
was	O
temporarily	O
taken	O
down	O
in	O
preparation	O
for	O
an	O
upcoming	O
update	O
,	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
its	O
last	O
stable	O
release	O
(	O
v24.2.1	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Available	O
characters	O
include	O
GLaDOS	O
and	O
Wheatley	O
from	O
Portal	B-Application
,	O
characters	O
from	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Twilight	O
Sparkle	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
main	O
,	O
secondary	O
,	O
and	O
supporting	O
characters	O
from	O
My	B-Application
Little	I-Application
Pony	I-Application
:	I-Application
Friendship	I-Application
Is	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
,	O
SpongeBob	O
from	O
SpongeBob	O
SquarePants	O
,	O
Daria	O
Morgendorffer	O
and	O
Jane	O
Lane	O
from	O
Daria	O
,	O
the	O
Tenth	O
Doctor	O
from	O
Doctor	O
Who	O
,	O
HAL	B-General_Concept
9000	I-General_Concept
from	O
2001	O
:	O
A	O
Space	O
Odyssey	O
,	O
the	O
Narrator	O
from	O
The	B-Application
Stanley	I-Application
Parable	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Wii	O
U/3DS/Switch	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
Announcer	O
(	O
formerly	O
)	O
,	O
Carl	O
Brutananadilewski	O
from	O
Aqua	O
Teen	O
Hunger	O
Force	O
,	O
Steven	O
Universe	O
from	O
Steven	O
Universe	O
,	O
Dan	O
from	O
Dan	O
Vs.	O
,	O
and	O
Sans	O
from	O
Undertale	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
deep	B-Algorithm
learning	I-Algorithm
model	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
application	O
is	O
nondeterministic	O
:	O
each	O
time	O
that	O
speech	O
is	O
generated	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
string	O
of	O
text	O
,	O
the	O
intonation	O
of	O
the	O
speech	O
will	O
be	O
slightly	O
different	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emotional	O
contextualizers	O
are	O
representations	O
of	O
the	O
emotional	O
content	O
of	O
a	O
sentence	O
deduced	O
via	O
transfer	B-General_Concept
learned	I-General_Concept
emoji	B-Application
embeddings	B-General_Concept
using	O
DeepMoji	O
,	O
a	O
deep	O
neural	O
network	O
sentiment	O
analysis	O
algorithm	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
MIT	O
Media	O
Lab	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DeepMoji	O
was	O
trained	O
on	O
1.2	O
billion	O
emoji	B-Application
occurrences	O
in	O
Twitter	B-Application
data	O
from	O
2013	O
to	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
found	O
to	O
outperform	O
human	O
subjects	O
in	O
correctly	O
identifying	O
sarcasm	O
in	O
Tweets	O
and	O
other	O
online	O
modes	O
of	O
communication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
15.ai	B-Algorithm
uses	O
a	O
multi-speaker	O
model	O
—	O
hundreds	O
of	O
voices	O
are	O
trained	O
concurrently	O
rather	O
than	O
sequentially	O
,	O
decreasing	O
the	O
required	O
training	O
time	O
and	O
enabling	O
the	O
model	O
to	O
learn	O
and	O
generalize	O
shared	O
emotional	O
context	O
,	O
even	O
for	O
voices	O
with	O
no	O
exposure	O
to	O
such	O
emotional	O
context	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lexicon	B-Application
used	O
by	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
has	O
been	O
scraped	O
from	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
Internet	O
sources	O
,	O
including	O
Oxford	O
Dictionaries	O
,	O
Wiktionary	O
,	O
the	O
CMU	B-General_Concept
Pronouncing	I-General_Concept
Dictionary	I-General_Concept
,	O
4chan	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pronunciations	O
of	O
unfamiliar	O
words	O
are	O
automatically	O
deduced	O
using	O
phonological	O
rules	O
learned	O
by	O
the	O
deep	B-Algorithm
learning	I-Algorithm
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
original	O
ARPABET	O
codes	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
1970s	O
by	O
the	O
Advanced	O
Research	O
Projects	O
Agency	O
supports	O
50	O
unique	O
symbols	O
to	O
designate	O
and	O
differentiate	O
between	O
English	O
phonemes	O
,	O
the	O
CMU	B-General_Concept
Pronouncing	I-General_Concept
Dictionary	I-General_Concept
's	O
ARPABET	O
convention	O
(	O
the	O
set	O
of	O
transcription	O
codes	O
followed	O
by	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
)	O
reduces	O
the	O
symbol	O
set	O
to	O
39	O
phonemes	O
by	O
combining	O
allophonic	O
phonetic	O
realizations	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
standard	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
is	O
a	O
table	O
of	O
phonemes	O
used	O
by	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
and	O
the	O
CMU	B-General_Concept
Pronouncing	I-General_Concept
Dictionary	I-General_Concept
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
proposal	O
of	O
DeepMind	B-Application
's	O
WaveNet	B-Application
,	O
deep-learning-based	O
models	O
for	O
speech	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
began	O
to	O
gain	O
popularity	O
as	O
a	O
method	O
of	O
modeling	O
waveforms	O
and	O
generating	O
human-like	O
speech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tacotron2	O
,	O
a	O
neural	O
network	O
architecture	O
for	O
speech	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
AI	I-Application
,	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
2018	O
and	O
required	O
tens	O
of	O
hours	O
of	O
audio	O
data	O
to	O
produce	O
intelligible	O
speech	O
;	O
when	O
trained	O
on	O
2	O
hours	O
of	O
speech	O
,	O
the	O
model	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
produce	O
intelligible	O
speech	O
with	O
mediocre	O
quality	O
,	O
and	O
when	O
trained	O
on	O
36	O
minutes	O
of	O
speech	O
,	O
the	O
model	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
produce	O
intelligible	O
speech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
years	O
,	O
reducing	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
data	O
required	O
to	O
train	O
a	O
realistic	O
high-quality	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
model	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
primary	O
goal	O
of	O
scientific	O
researchers	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
deep	B-Algorithm
learning	I-Algorithm
speech	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
of	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
claims	O
that	O
as	O
little	O
as	O
15	O
seconds	O
of	O
data	O
is	O
sufficient	O
to	O
clone	O
a	O
voice	O
up	O
to	O
human	O
standards	O
,	O
a	O
significant	O
reduction	O
in	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
data	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
landmark	O
case	O
between	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Authors	O
Guild	O
in	O
2013	O
ruled	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
Books	I-Application
—	O
a	O
service	O
that	O
searches	O
the	O
full	O
text	O
of	O
printed	O
copyrighted	O
books	O
—	O
was	O
transformative	O
,	O
thus	O
meeting	O
all	O
requirements	O
for	O
fair	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
case	O
set	O
an	O
important	O
legal	O
precedent	O
for	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
deep	B-Algorithm
learning	I-Algorithm
and	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
:	O
using	O
copyrighted	O
material	O
to	O
train	O
a	O
discriminative	O
model	O
or	O
a	O
non-commercial	O
generative	O
model	O
was	O
deemed	O
legal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
15.ai	B-Algorithm
was	O
designed	O
and	O
created	O
by	O
an	O
anonymous	O
research	O
scientist	O
affiliated	O
with	O
the	O
Massachusetts	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
known	O
by	O
the	O
alias	O
15	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
posts	O
made	O
by	O
its	O
developer	O
on	O
Hacker	B-Application
News	I-Application
,	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
costs	O
several	O
thousands	O
of	O
dollars	O
per	O
month	O
to	O
operate	O
;	O
they	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
project	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
successful	O
startup	O
exit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
has	O
stated	O
that	O
during	O
their	O
undergraduate	O
years	O
at	O
MIT	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
paid	O
the	O
minimum	O
hourly	O
rate	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
related	O
project	O
(	O
approximately	O
$14	O
an	O
hour	O
in	O
Massachusetts	O
)	O
that	O
eventually	O
evolved	O
into	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
democratization	O
of	O
voice	B-Algorithm
cloning	I-Algorithm
technology	O
is	O
not	O
the	O
only	O
function	O
of	O
the	O
website	O
;	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
a	O
user	O
asking	O
whether	O
the	O
research	O
could	O
be	O
conducted	O
without	O
a	O
public	O
website	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
wrote	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
algorithm	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
cloning	O
of	O
voices	O
with	O
minimal	O
viable	O
data	O
has	O
been	O
dubbed	O
DeepThroat	O
(	O
a	O
double	O
entendre	O
in	O
reference	O
to	O
speech	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
using	O
deep	O
neural	O
networks	O
and	O
the	O
sexual	O
act	O
of	O
deep-throating	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
has	O
also	O
worked	O
closely	O
with	O
the	O
Pony	O
Preservation	O
Project	O
from	O
/mlp/	O
,	O
the	O
My	B-Application
Little	I-Application
Pony	I-Application
board	B-Application
of	O
4chan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pony	O
Preservation	O
Project	O
,	O
which	O
began	O
in	O
2019	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
"	O
collaborative	O
effort	O
by	O
/mlp/	O
to	O
build	O
and	O
curate	O
pony	O
datasets	O
"	O
with	O
the	O
aim	O
of	O
creating	O
applications	O
in	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
Friendship	O
Is	O
Magic	O
voices	O
on	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
were	O
trained	O
on	O
a	O
large	O
dataset	O
crowdsourced	O
by	O
the	O
Pony	O
Preservation	O
Project	O
:	O
audio	O
and	O
dialogue	O
from	O
the	O
show	O
and	O
related	O
media	O
—	O
including	O
all	O
nine	O
seasons	O
of	O
Friendship	O
Is	O
Magic	O
,	O
the	O
2017	O
movie	O
,	O
spinoffs	O
,	O
leaks	O
,	O
and	O
various	O
other	O
content	O
voiced	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
voice	O
actors	O
—	O
were	O
parsed	B-Algorithm
,	O
hand-transcribed	O
,	O
and	O
processed	O
to	O
remove	O
background	O
noise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
developer	O
,	O
the	O
collective	O
efforts	O
and	O
constructive	O
criticism	O
from	O
the	O
Pony	O
Preservation	O
Project	O
have	O
been	O
integral	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
has	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
logo	O
of	O
15.ai,	O
which	O
features	O
a	O
robotic	O
Twilight	O
Sparkle	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
homage	O
to	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
her	O
voice	O
(	O
as	O
originally	O
portrayed	O
by	O
Tara	O
Strong	O
)	O
was	O
indispensable	O
to	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
emotional	O
contextualizers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
15.ai	B-Algorithm
has	O
been	O
met	O
with	O
largely	O
positive	O
reception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liana	O
Ruppert	O
of	O
Game	O
Informer	O
described	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
as	O
"	O
simplistically	O
brilliant.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
praised	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
easily	O
create	O
audio	O
of	O
popular	O
characters	O
that	O
sound	O
believable	O
to	O
those	O
unaware	O
that	O
the	O
voices	O
had	O
been	O
synthesized	O
by	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
:	O
Zack	O
Zwiezen	O
of	O
Kotaku	O
reported	O
that	O
"[his]	O
girlfriend	O
was	O
convinced	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
new	O
voice	O
line	O
from	O
GLaDOS	O
 '	O
voice	O
actor	O
,	O
Ellen	O
McLain	O
,	O
"	O
while	O
Rionaldi	O
Chandraseta	O
of	O
Towards	O
Data	O
Science	O
wrote	O
that	O
,	O
upon	O
watching	O
a	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
video	I-General_Concept
featuring	O
popular	O
character	O
voices	O
generated	O
by	O
15.ai,	O
"[his]	O
first	O
thought	O
was	O
the	O
video	O
creator	O
used	O
cameo.com	O
to	O
pay	O
for	O
new	O
dialogues	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
voice	O
actors	O
"	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
voices	O
done	O
by	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
is	O
miles	O
ahead	O
of	O
[	O
its	O
competitors ]	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Takayuki	O
Furushima	O
of	O
Den	O
Fami	O
Nico	O
Gamer	O
has	O
described	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
as	O
"	O
like	O
magic	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
Yuki	O
Kurosawa	O
of	O
Automaton	O
Media	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
revolutionary.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
scientist	O
and	O
technology	O
entrepreneur	O
Andrew	O
Ng	O
commented	O
in	O
his	O
newsletter	O
The	O
Batch	O
that	O
the	O
technology	O
behind	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
could	O
be	O
"	O
enormously	O
productive	O
"	O
and	O
could	O
"	O
revolutionize	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
virtual	O
actors	O
"	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
he	O
also	O
noted	O
that	O
"	O
synthesizing	O
a	O
human	O
actor	O
's	O
voice	O
without	O
consent	O
is	O
arguably	O
unethical	O
and	O
possibly	O
illegal	O
"	O
and	O
could	O
potentially	O
open	O
up	O
to	O
cases	O
of	O
impersonation	O
and	O
fraud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
blog	O
Marginal	O
Revolution	O
,	O
economist	O
Tyler	O
Cowen	O
deemed	O
15	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
most	O
underrated	O
talents	O
in	O
AI	B-Application
and	O
machine	O
learning.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
15.ai	B-Algorithm
has	O
been	O
frequently	O
used	O
for	O
content	O
creation	O
in	O
various	O
fandoms	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
My	B-Application
Little	I-Application
Pony	I-Application
:	I-Application
Friendship	I-Application
Is	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
fandom	O
,	O
the	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
2	I-Application
fandom	O
,	O
the	O
Portal	B-Application
fandom	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
SpongeBob	O
SquarePants	O
fandom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Numerous	O
videos	O
and	O
projects	O
containing	O
speech	O
from	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
have	O
gone	O
viral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
some	O
videos	O
and	O
projects	O
that	O
contain	O
non-15.ai-generated	O
speech	O
have	O
also	O
gone	O
viral	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
which	O
do	O
not	O
properly	O
credit	O
the	O
source(s )	O
of	O
the	O
synthetic	O
speech	O
featured	O
in	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
consequence	O
,	O
many	O
videos	O
and	O
projects	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
with	O
other	O
speech	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
software	O
have	O
been	O
mistaken	O
as	O
being	O
made	O
with	O
15.ai,	O
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
this	O
misattribution	O
and	O
absence	O
of	O
proper	O
credit	O
,	O
ai	O
's	O
terms	O
of	O
service	O
has	O
a	O
rule	O
that	O
forbids	O
having	O
15.ai-and-non-15.ai-generated	O
speech	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
videos	O
and	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
My	B-Application
Little	I-Application
Pony	I-Application
:	I-Application
Friendship	I-Application
Is	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
fandom	O
has	O
seen	O
a	O
resurgence	O
in	O
video	O
and	O
musical	O
content	O
creation	O
as	O
a	O
direct	O
result	O
,	O
inspiring	O
a	O
new	O
genre	O
of	O
fan-created	O
content	O
assisted	O
by	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Some	O
fanfiction	O
have	O
been	O
adapted	O
into	O
fully	O
voiced	O
"	O
episodes	O
"	O
:	O
The	O
Tax	O
Breaks	O
is	O
a	O
17-minute	O
long	O
animated	O
video	O
rendition	O
of	O
a	O
fan-written	O
story	O
published	O
in	O
2014	O
that	O
uses	O
voices	O
generated	O
from	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
with	O
sound	O
effects	O
and	O
audio	B-Application
editing	I-Application
,	O
emulating	O
the	O
episodic	O
style	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
seasons	O
of	O
Friendship	O
Is	O
Magic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Viral	O
videos	O
from	O
the	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
2	I-Application
fandom	O
that	O
feature	O
voices	O
from	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
include	O
Spy	O
is	O
a	O
Furry	O
(	O
which	O
has	O
gained	O
over	O
3	O
million	O
views	O
on	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
total	O
across	O
multiple	O
videos	O
)	O
and	O
The	O
RED	O
Bread	O
Bank	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
have	O
inspired	O
Source	B-Language
Filmmaker	I-Language
animated	O
video	O
renditions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
fandoms	O
have	O
used	O
voices	O
from	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
to	O
produce	O
viral	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
viral	O
video	O
Among	B-Application
Us	I-Application
Struggles	O
(	O
which	O
uses	O
voices	O
from	O
Friendship	O
Is	O
Magic	O
)	O
has	O
over	O
5.5	O
million	O
views	O
on	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
;	O
YouTubers	O
,	O
TikTokers	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Twitch	O
streamers	O
have	O
also	O
used	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
for	O
their	O
videos	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
FitMC	O
's	O
video	O
on	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
2b2tone	O
of	O
the	O
oldest	O
running	O
Minecraft	B-Application
serversand	O
datpon3	O
's	O
TikTok	B-Application
video	O
featuring	O
the	O
main	O
characters	O
of	O
Friendship	O
Is	O
Magic	O
,	O
which	O
have	O
1.4	O
million	O
and	O
510	O
thousand	O
views	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
users	O
have	O
created	O
AI	B-Application
virtual	B-Protocol
assistants	I-Protocol
using	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
and	O
external	O
voice	O
control	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
user	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
created	O
their	O
own	O
personal	O
GLaDOS	O
desktop	O
assistant	O
using	O
the	O
voice	O
control	O
system	O
VoiceAttack	O
that	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
boot	O
up	O
applications	O
,	O
utter	O
corresponding	O
random	O
dialogues	O
,	O
and	O
thank	O
the	O
user	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
posted	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
that	O
they	O
had	O
no	O
interest	O
in	O
incorporating	O
non-fungible	O
tokens	O
(	O
NFTs	O
)	O
into	O
their	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
14	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
discovered	O
that	O
Voiceverse	O
NFT	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
that	O
video	O
game	O
and	O
anime	O
dub	O
voice	O
actor	O
Troy	O
Baker	O
announced	O
his	O
partnership	O
with	O
,	O
had	O
plagiarized	O
voice	O
lines	O
generated	O
from	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
marketing	O
campaign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Log	B-Application
files	I-Application
showed	O
that	O
Voiceverse	O
had	O
generated	O
audio	O
of	O
Twilight	O
Sparkle	O
and	O
Rainbow	O
Dash	O
from	O
the	O
show	O
My	B-Application
Little	I-Application
Pony	I-Application
:	I-Application
Friendship	I-Application
Is	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
using	O
15.ai,	O
pitched	O
them	O
up	O
to	O
make	O
them	O
sound	O
unrecognizable	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
voices	O
,	O
and	O
appropriated	O
them	O
without	O
proper	O
credit	O
to	O
falsely	O
market	O
their	O
own	O
platform	O
—	O
a	O
violation	O
of	O
ai	O
's	O
terms	O
of	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
week	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
partnership	O
with	O
Baker	O
,	O
Voiceverse	O
made	O
a	O
(	O
now-deleted	O
)	O
Twitter	B-Application
post	O
directly	O
responding	O
to	O
a	O
(	O
now-deleted	O
)	O
video	O
posted	O
by	O
Chubbiverse	O
—	O
an	O
NFT	O
platform	O
with	O
which	O
Voiceverse	O
had	O
partnered	O
—	O
showcasing	O
an	O
AI-generated	O
voice	O
and	O
claimed	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
generated	O
using	O
Voiceverse	O
's	O
platform	O
,	O
remarking	O
"	O
I	O
wonder	O
who	O
created	O
the	O
voice	O
for	O
this	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
;	O
)	O
"	O
A	O
few	O
hours	O
after	O
news	O
of	O
the	O
partnership	O
broke	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
15.ai—having	O
been	O
alerted	O
by	O
another	O
Twitter	B-Application
user	O
asking	O
for	O
his	O
opinion	O
on	O
the	O
partnership	O
,	O
to	O
which	O
he	O
speculated	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
sounds	O
like	O
a	O
scam	O
"	O
—	O
posted	O
screenshots	B-Application
of	O
log	B-Application
files	I-Application
that	O
proved	O
that	O
a	O
user	O
of	O
the	O
website	O
(	O
with	O
their	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
redacted	O
)	O
had	O
submitted	O
inputs	O
of	O
the	O
exact	O
words	O
spoken	O
by	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
voice	O
in	O
the	O
video	O
posted	O
by	O
Chubbiverse	O
,	O
and	O
subsequently	O
responded	O
to	O
Voiceverse	O
's	O
claim	O
directly	O
,	O
tweeting	O
"	O
Certainly	O
not	O
you	O
:	O
)	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
tweet	O
,	O
Voiceverse	O
admitted	O
to	O
plagiarizing	O
voices	O
from	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
as	O
their	O
own	O
platform	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
their	O
marketing	O
team	O
had	O
used	O
the	O
project	O
without	O
giving	O
proper	O
credit	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
Chubbiverse	O
team	O
 [ had ] 	O
no	O
knowledge	O
of	O
this.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
highlighted	O
the	O
environmental	B-General_Concept
impact	I-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
and	O
potential	O
for	O
exit	O
scams	O
associated	O
with	O
NFT	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
voice	O
actors	O
have	O
publicly	O
decried	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
voice	B-Algorithm
cloning	I-Algorithm
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cited	O
reasons	O
include	O
concerns	O
about	O
impersonation	O
and	O
fraud	O
,	O
unauthorized	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
actor	O
's	O
voice	O
in	O
pornography	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
potential	O
of	O
AI	B-Application
being	O
used	O
to	O
make	O
voice	O
actors	O
obsolete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
centralised	O
gathering	O
of	O
the	O
community	O
,	O
a	O
has	O
been	O
made	O
,	O
dedicated	O
to	O
15.ai	B-Algorithm
content	O
creators	O
and	O
users	O
to	O
gather	O
and	O
discuss	O
regarding	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
