The AI NPCs aren’t the only AI-focused news for Fortnite creators. Epic is also beta testing the Epic Developer Assistant, an ...

For better or worse, Fortnite will let creators make NPCs that ditch the script and go freestyle. A new tool in the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) will allow developers to create their own ...

Fortnite has revealed huge plans to bring more AI-powered NPCs like the existing Darth Vader AI who has gone viral online.

Following the release of AI Darth Vader into Fortnite, Epic has announced plans to let people create their own AI NPCs in the ...

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

SAG-AFTRA has filed a labor complaint against Fortnite;s maker over AI use of James Earl Jones' voice as Darth Vader, raising ...

Epic Games first unleashed AI Darth Vader in May, powered by a digitally altered voice from the late James Earl Jones. And while the bot’s purpose, personality, and language were intended to match ...

When Fortnite’s Darth Vader started talking, things went downhill fast. The AI-powered NPC voiced with permission from James Earl Jones’ estate, cursed, glitched, and set off alarms. Union actors ...

Fortnite creators will soon have a lot more toys to play with in Unreal Editor in Fortnite (UEFN).

A recent controversy involving Darth Vader in Fortnite exposes a crucial issue on the topic of actors' likeness and AI.

The Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has filed an unfair labour complaint ...

Already, one video has amassed millions of views as onlookers are in awe over how easily the AI footage could be mistaken for ...