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

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

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

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

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

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

The Star Wars season has been a big hit this May, with many Fortnite fans returning to try the new weapons and collect ...

Fortnite players can now speak with Darth Vader and hear him respond in an AI-powered voice that sounds just like the one ...

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

When Fortnite players meet Darth Vader in the game’s ongoing Star Wars event, they will be able to speak with the Sith Lord ...

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

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. It took no time at all for them to get it to ...