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

Epic Games has launched a new conversational AI feature in Fortnite… featuring Darth Vader. Darth Vader Conversational AI in ...

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

The move comes after the legendary 'Star Wars' voice actor sold the rights to his voice to AI firm Respeecher before his ...

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

Fortnite players can channel their inner dark side as James Earl Jones ‘ Darth Vader returns to the game. Players will be ...

Epic says that the dialogue in Darth Vader’s responses to users in the game will be created by Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash model, and the audio itself is being generated by ElevenLabs’ Flash ...

Shortly after Epic Games dropped Darth Vader, in the form of a holographic conversational AI, into Fortnite, players started ...

Fortnite players can now speak with Darth Vader and hear him respond in an AI-powered voice that sounds just like the one ...

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

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 ...