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Fortnite’s Darth Vader imitates the iconic voice of James Earl Jones, who voiced him in the Star Wars films. This technology was also used to recreate Jones’ voice in the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV show.
Today’s Fortnite update brought something unexpected to the game’s Star Wars season. Specifically, players can now engage with a Darth Vader AI Chatbot. Players can talk to Darth Vader during ...
Darth Vader has arrived in Fortnite, and your AI buddy has a death grip on all manner of cool and strange features, including the ability to serenade you (provided you only expect him to sing Star ...
Epic Games added an AI-powered Darth Vader to "Fortnite" this month. Players interact with the character, which uses conversational AI based on James Earl Jones' voice.
Epic Games added an AI-powered Darth Vader to "Fortnite" this month. Players interact with the character, which uses conversational AI based on James Earl Jones' voice.
Right now, the AI Darth Vader only speaks English, and Epic Games says they used a combination of Google Gemini 2.0 Flash and ElevenLabs' Flash v2.5 AI models. You can check out the AI Darth Vader ...
Jump ahead to 1:51 and you can see Fortnite ’s Saxs Persson announcing that in Q4 of this year, Epic intends to make AI-powered NPCs something players can create for themselves in their own UEFN ...
The addition of Darth Vader in Fortnite has been quite controversial so far. Epic Games added the iconic Star Wars character with the latest update, allowing players to talk to him.
The first day of Darth Vader’s appearance in Fortnite was chaotic. Players made him say things he wasn’t supposed to say, which is why Epic released a quick patch to fix him.
He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. AI Darth Vader was a huge hit in Fortnite, and now Epic plans to let creators make AI-powered NPCs for their own in-game experiences.