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

Epic Games' new voice-interactive Fortnite character uses Google's Gemini AI to recreate James Earl Jones' iconic voice for ...

The move comes after the legendary 'Star Wars' voice actor sold the rights to his voice to AI firm Respeecher before his ...

Epic Games got permission from James Earl Jones' estate to use AI for a conversational, in-game bot. However, it's making ...

As we continue to soldier through this period of civilization where every company attempts to make “AI” a thing, Epic Games ...

Shortly after Epic Games dropped Darth Vader, in the form of a holographic conversational AI, into Fortnite, players started ...

Fortnite's Darth Vader bot has been saying some inappropriate things, in the AI-generated voice of James Earl Jones.

It didn't take long after Epic Games unleashed famous Star Wars Sith lord Darth Vader into the game Fortnite -- complete with ...

There's been an ongoing debate surrounding the use of AI to bring a deceased actor's likeness to life. Jones, who's not only ...

Right now, the AI Darth Vader only speaks English, and Epic Games says they used a combination of Google Gemini 2.0 Flash and ...

Did Epic Games cross the line with its Fortnite AI-powered Darth Vader companion that uses James Earl Jones voice? Gamers ...

Fortnite's new AI buddy has a death grip on all manner of cool and strange features, including the ability to serenade you, ...