Fortnite’s Darth Vader AI has prompted a lot of intrigue and a degree of controversy. Here we explore how it works and what ...

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.

It was a fun few days on the internet when Fortnite added that AI Darth Vader companion to the game. Players immediately went ...

Epic Games' new voice-interactive Fortnite character uses Google's Gemini AI to recreate James Earl Jones' iconic voice for the first time in-game.

Fortnite had a very rocky launch with its AI-powered NPC, Darth Vader, last month. The battle royale's use of artificial ...

Fortnite developer Epic will be letting players create their own "AI-powered NPCs" later this year, following its Darth Vader ...

Fortnite is a digital playground for millions of players, many of them young. That people would immediately try to get the ...

See them Can I get Darth Vader in Fortnite? Darth Vader appears as a boss in Battle Royale. Players who defeat him and recruit him can talk to Darth Vader, who responds to players using generative AI ...

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

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 ...

SAG-AFTRA is objecting to the use of AI to regenerate the late James Earl Jones' bass intonations of Darth Vader in Epic ...