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 ...

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As part of both Fortnite's current Star Wars-themed season and the larger tech industry push to crowbar AI into anything and everything with even the most niche possible use case, a new manmade horror ...

UPDATE (16/05/25, 5:20 PM BST): Kotaku's Ethan Gach reports that Epic Games has already pushed an update to try and stop people being able to make AI Vader say the F word. "We pushed a hot fix within ...

With this new update, Fortnite has again been pushing the boundaries of what we consider to be gaming innovation: the introduction of an AI-powered Darth Vader. This move has just put the iconic Star ...

James Earl Jones’ booming baritone will be revived—and made interactive. As Charles Pulliam-Moore writes for The Verge: “After finding and defeating Vader on the map, players can recruit him onto ...

Did Epic Games cross the line with its AI-powered Darth Vader companion that uses James Earl Jones voice? Gamers are currently debating. The iconic actor James Earl Jones passed away last year, but ...

Fortnite introduces an AI-powered Darth Vader NPC for interactive player conversations. Darth Vader NPC is designed to interact positively but avoid sensitive topics in Fortnite. Friendly NPCs offer ...

LOS ANGELES -- Over the course of an acting career that spanned more than six decades, James Earl Jones' voice became an indelible piece of his work as a performer. On screen, Jones, who died Monday ...

Star Wars fans and gamers can now hear late actor James Earl Jones’ iconic Darth Vader voice in the Fortnite Battle Royale video game. The Walt Disney Company and Epic Games launched a new feature on ...