Fortnite introduces the ultimate Sith Lord into the Battle Royale, providing players with not only a powerful companion but one who responds to voices and will converse with the player using AI. James ...

Darth Vader has a new enemy, but it isn't the Jedi Order reborn. It's the Screen Actors Guild. On May 16, as part of a month-long collaboration between Epic Games' Fortnite and Disney-owned Star Wars, ...

Does permission from the original artist make the use of AI ethical? This burning question has taken the Star Wars universe by storm over the past week. On May 16, Fortnite issued a statement ...

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 ...

“We celebrate the right of our members and their estates to control the use of their digital replicas and welcome the use of new technologies to allow new generations to share in the enjoyment of ...

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. An AI Darth Vader chatbot voiced by a digital clone of James Earl Jones’ voice joined Fortnite on Friday and players wasted no time trying to break it ...

Imagine having the ability to make Darth Vader, Star Wars‘ most eloquent villain, say whatever you want him to say. Fortnite players have been having a blast doing just that since the feature was ...

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 ...

SAG-AFTRA is objecting to the use of AI to recreate the late James Earl Jones’ bass intonations of Darth Vader in Epic Games’ “Fortnite.” The actors union said Epic-owned Llama Productions “chose to ...

AI was always coming for the world of video games, of course. Over the last few years, the fruit of AI has become impossible to avoid. Anything you Google will be answered with AI; feeds are flooded ...