In the week since Epic Games, the maker of "Fortnite," introduced its AI-powered Darth Vader to the game, it has come to symbolize all that is exciting and risky about the rapid advancements in ...

Darth Vader’s appearance in ‘Fortnite’ has proved controversial, as the ‘Star Wars’ villain is powered by generative AI, ...

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

If a conservative company like Disney is experimenting with video game AI, other developers will surely follow ...

As mentioned, the AI Darth Vader spawns randomly in one of three possible locations each match: at Vader Samurai's Solitude ...

James Earl Jones's estate allowed "Fortnite" to use the late actor's voice for its Darth Vader character. Epic Games had to ...

A video game developer needs to hope that the Force is with it as it squares off with a union over the use of artificial intelligence in ...

On Monday, SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against Epic subsidiary ...

The union has now filed an unfair labor practice charge (link to the PDF is on the SAG-AFTRA website) that calls out “ ...

Perhaps predictably, Fortnite's new AI Darth Vader chatbot is already engaging with players in unexpected ways.

Fortnite now has an AI Darth Vader chatbot, which is as dire and American a sentence as I want to write in 2025. Players can ...