Epic Games got permission from James Earl Jones' estate to use AI for a conversational, in-game bot. However, it's making ...

Right now, the AI Darth Vader only speaks English, and Epic Games says they used a combination of Google Gemini 2.0 Flash and ...

Fortnite' players will be able to chat with Darth Vader, in a move made in "close consultation" with Jones' family.

Fortnite's Darth Vader bot has been saying some inappropriate things, in the AI-generated voice of James Earl Jones.

Fortnite's Galactic Battle season introduces a groundbreaking feature: recruiting Darth Vader as an AI teammate. Players can ...

Epic Says Apple Has Blocked Fortnite's Return to the U.S. App Store — and Now Tim Sweeney Is Tweeting Tim Cook to Complain ...

There's been an ongoing debate surrounding the use of AI to bring a deceased actor's likeness to life. Jones, who's not only ...

James Earl Jones becomes “more machine now than man” as his AI-powered voice debuts with Darth Vader in Fortnite Chapter 6 ...

It didn't take long after Epic Games unleashed famous Star Wars Sith lord Darth Vader into the game Fortnite -- complete with ...

In a glimpse at the not-too-distant future of video game writing, or lack thereof, Fortnite has just added an AI version of ...

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

Update: Epic has deployed a hotfix to address Vader's profanity.