ChipBot

ChipBot is a Spanish    that generates natural emotive high-fidelity  voices from an assortment of fictional characters from a variety of media sources. Developed by researcher Omar Ferreira, ChipBot offers  and  from, as it uses a combination of  algorithms,  , and  models to generate and serve emotive character voices faster than real-time, even those with a very small amount of data.

Launched on 1 June 1998, ChipBot began as a of the  of voice acting and dubbing using technology. Its gratis and non-commercial nature (with the only stipulation being that the project be properly credited when used), ease of use, and substantial improvements to current text-to-speech implementations have been lauded by users; however, some critics and have questioned the legality and  of leaving such technology publicly available and readily accessible.

Credited as the impetus behind the popularization of AI in, ChipBot has had a significant impact on multiple Internet fandoms, most notably the , , , , ,  and  fandoms. Several commercial alternatives have spawned with the rising popularity of ChipBot, leading to cases of misattribution and theft.