Epic Games released an AI-powered Darth Vader character that players can speak to via microphone. Fortnite and Disney teamed up to unveil an AI character that responds to a player's voice in real ...

Epic Games has launched a new conversational AI feature in Fortnite… featuring Darth Vader. Darth Vader Conversational AI in Fortnite With Star Wars being the main focus of the latest season of ...

But until Epic announced its AI version of Darth Vader for Fortnite, no major blockbuster video game had actually put similar technology in a release. It would be a gamble.

As for Disney and Epic Games, the AI-powered Darth Vader in "Fortnite" is just the beginning of what will likely be significant gaming advancements, all the result of artificial intelligence.

Update 11:30 a.m. ET: An Epic Games representative provided a statement to Kotaku senior reporter Ethan Gach announcing that it has patched its Darth Vader AI so it no longer swears, saying, “We ...

Before Epic Games cracked down, the AI-powered Darth Vader was saying some questionable things. James Earl Jones's family allowed a "Fortnite" version of Darth Vader to use his voice.

Epic Games is going to allow Fortnite creators to make AI-powered NPCs that work similar to the recently-launched AI Darth Vader. The company showed off the tech at its State of Unreal show on ...

Perhaps inevitably, within 30 minutes of AI Darth Vader going rogue, Epic Games was forced to push out a hotfix, telling Kotaku: "We pushed a hot fix within 30 minutes of this happening in-game ...

AI Darth Vader was just the beginning. Image credit: Epic Games. Within an hour of the feature going live, Fortnite players manipulated Vader into saying the kind of things very much associated ...

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.But a senior Epic exec says that creators should expect a ...

Fortnite’s AI-powered Darth Vader shenanigans were just a test; Epic Games will soon allow Fortnite creators to craft their own chatbot-esque NPC for the battle royale game.