Fortnite’s AI-powered Darth Vader shenanigans were just a test; Epic Games will soon allow Fortnite creators to craft their own chatbot-esque NPC for the battle royale game. The gaming company ...

The risks Epic Games President Adam Sussman said in a statement after Darth Vader's release that the collaboration is "a new and immersive way for players to interact with a legendary 'Star Wars ...

“Be the first to recruit him and your whole team will be able to take turns talking to the Dark Lord,” The Fortnite Team said in a May 16 blog as part of the game’s promotion. “Darth Vader ...

And last time, the news carried a heroic tinge: Darth Vader’s voice was created in a bomb shelter, amid the throes of a national war. If nothing else, the rollout of the AI voice tech shows that ...

After clips of Darth Vader cursing and using inappropriate phrases circulated on social media, Epic said it had issued a fix to prevent such occurrences. The Jones family said the actor’s voice ...

alleging the company replaced actors’ work by using artificial intelligence to generate Darth Vader’s voice in Fortnite without notice. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of ...

The controversy around Fortnite‘s use of AI for the voice of Darth Vader has entered litigious territory with the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG ...

Darth Vader has been added to Fortnite, and the iconic Star Wars villain has sparked controversy, debate and a legal challenge from SAG-AFTRA. This version of Vader is an NPC companion who can ...

Two years before Jones passed away in 2024, he retired as the voice of Darth Vader and signed a deal that allows an AI program to recreate his iconic voice in perpetuity. SAG-AFTRA's filing ...

Not only are players able to recruit the Sith Lord, but they can also speak directly with him using Fortnite's in-game audio chat functionality. Fortnite launched an AI-powered Darth Vader modeled ...

including those who previously did the work of matching Darth Vader's iconic rhythm and tone in video games. "Fortnite's signatory company, Llama Productions, chose to replace the work of human ...

By Derrick Bryson Taylor Months after the death of James Earl Jones, the booming voice of Darth Vader, Fortnite players ... publicly supported the actor’s presence in Fortnite.