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.

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Fortnite's AI-powered Darth Vader represents AI's potential, and also its risks.

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

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

Epic Games has launched a new conversational AI feature in Fortnite… featuring Darth Vader. With Star Wars being the main focus of the latest season of Fortnite, Epic Games has added Darth Vader ...

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

Epic Games is rolling out a way for Fortnite creators to build AI-powered non-player characters, following the success of its AI version of Darth Vader. Yet, ...

AI Darth Vader was just the beginning. Image credit: Epic Games. Within an hour of the feature going live, Fortnite players manipulated Vader into saying the kind of things very much associated ...

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