The AI NPCs aren’t the only AI-focused news for Fortnite creators. Epic is also beta testing the Epic Developer Assistant, an ...

Fortnite's AI-powered Darth Vader represents AI's potential, and also its risks.

Fortnite has revealed huge plans to bring more AI-powered NPCs like the existing Darth Vader AI who has gone viral online.

Epic Games first unleashed AI Darth Vader in May, powered by a digitally altered voice from the late James Earl Jones. And while the bot’s purpose, personality, and language were intended to match ...

When Fortnite’s Darth Vader started talking, things went downhill fast. The AI-powered NPC voiced with permission from James Earl Jones’ estate, cursed, glitched, and set off alarms. Union actors ...

Darth Vader’s appearance in ‘Fortnite’ has proved controversial, as the ‘Star Wars’ villain is powered by generative AI, ...

SAG-AFTRA, the massive actors and media union with over 160,000 members, has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the ...

SAG-AFTRA has filed a labor complaint against Fortnite;s maker over AI use of James Earl Jones' voice as Darth Vader, raising ...

If a conservative company like Disney is experimenting with video game AI, other developers will surely follow ...

James Earl Jones's estate allowed "Fortnite" to use the late actor's voice for its Darth Vader character. Epic Games had to ...

For a short period of time on Friday, Darth Vader could drop F-bombs in the video game Fortnite as part of a voice AI ...

On Monday, SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against Epic subsidiary ...