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

His real estate would later endorse his decision, approving his posthumous appearance in Fortnite. Due to the game’s AI usage with Jones’ voice, tensions continue to escalate amid an ongoing ...

Today’s Fortnite update brought something unexpected to the game’s Star Wars season. Specifically, players can now engage with a Darth Vader AI Chatbot. Players can talk to Darth Vader during ...

Late last week, Fortnite got a Darth Vader chatbot you can squad up with and have stilted AI-powered conversations that use James Earl Jones' actual voice. It's not just said a bunch of stuff it ...

"Fortnite's signatory company, Llama Productions, chose to replace the work of human performers with AI technology," SAG-AFTRA said in a statement. "Unfortunately, they did so without providing ...

On Friday, Epic Games announced Darth Vader would be returning to Fortnite as an in-game boss—but this time, players would be able to chat with him through conversational AI. “Ask him all your ...

Darth Vader has arrived in Fortnite, and your AI buddy has a death grip on all manner of cool and strange features, including the ability to serenade to you (provided you only expect him to sing ...

players are seeing what else they can get the former Jedi Knight to say. One of the most prominent and widespread examples of exploiting AI’s unintelligence comes from popular Fortnite streamer ...

In the Fortnite Team’s FAQ, they state: “The dialogue of Darth Vader’s responses is AI generated using Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash model, and the audio itself is generated by ElevenLabs ...

Instead, it has to do with SAG-AFTRA’s prescribed procedure on the use of AI voices. In a post last week on Fortnite’s website announcing that players can now “strategize with the ultimate ...

AI Darth Vader has been out in Fortnite for roughly an hour, and already people have managed to get the Dark Lord of the Sith to swear. Fortnite's new AI buddy has a death grip on all manner of ...

The Fort Knights of Fortnite, like Black Knight on our list, also brought players the female counterpart, Red Knight. The menacing outfit is one of those OG skins that was once run by the long ...