In Star Wars universe, it is hard to imagine anyone but Hayden Christensen in the role of Anakin Skywalker. Not only did he ...

Epic Games added an AI-powered Darth Vader to "Fortnite" this month. Players interact with the character, which uses conversational AI based on James Earl Jones' voice. "Fortnite" Darth Vader ...

AI Darth Vader was a huge hit in Fortnite, and now Epic plans to let creators make AI-powered NPCs for their own in-game ...

A popular response to this has been: ‘But didn’t James Earl Jones explicitly say it was okay for his voice to be used this way?’ And he did. In 2022, Jones retired from voicing Darth Vader ...

Fortnite had a very rocky launch with its AI-powered NPC, Darth Vader, last month. The battle royale's use of artificial intelligence may not be stopping there, either. Epic Games has unveiled a new ...

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

Epic Games took a big step with conversational AI when it added a new version of Darth Vader in Fortnite that could speak with players.

Darth Vader is voiced by the inimitable James Earl Jones, who died in September 2024 at the age of 93. This AI version of his voice, powered by Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash model and ElevenLabs' Flash v2 ...

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

Months after the passing of iconic actor James Earl Jones, the menacing voice behind Darth Vader, Fortnite offers players unexpected in-game dialogues with the Star Wars villain. During these ...

Reuniting with 'True Detective' creator Nic Pizzolatto, McConaughey will take over the role of an infamous '40s private eye ...

James Earl Jones’ estate may have the high ground, legally. Earlier this week, SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice complaint vs. Epic Games over AI Darth Vader. While we still don’t have ...