Darth Vader never said, “Luke I am your father.” So why do we all think he did? Here’s the science behind this strange ...

The introduction of Darth Vader has been a special experience, but now Epic Games is taking the iconic character to the next level. The May 16th update added an AI Darth Vader chatbot to the ...

In fact, gamers have discovered that the AI Darth Vader has very strong opinions towards Llamatauns, the llama-shaped spots based on Star Wars 's Tauntauns, and he's not afraid to show it.

Players interact with the character, which uses conversational AI based on James Earl Jones' voice. "Fortnite" Darth Vader represents both the benefits and pitfalls of AI. He is what they made him.

Fortnite players can channel their inner dark side as James Earl Jones‘ Darth Vader returns to the game. Players will be able to recruit the Sith Lord and be able to talk to him, he will respond ...

According to Epic Games’ website, Darth Vader’s responses are AI-generated using Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash model, and ElevenLabs’ Flash v2.5 model generates the audio.

We’re going to give this one a big hrm… Although we feel glad that James Earl Jones actually gave his own free consent for Disney to recreate his Darth Vader voice using AI, it also feels ...

Fortnite announced on its news site this morning that players will now be able to have conversations with Darth Vader “ [w]ith your voice. And he’ll respond back using conversational AI.” ...

Darth Vader from Star Wars' latest Fortnite appearance comes with an AI voice based on James Earl Jones that can communicate and converse with players, all approved by the deceased actor’s estate.

You can read our playbook for handling this delicate balance here. Final Word: Don’t Let AI Pull You to the Dark Side AI Darth Vader may have made headlines, but it also raised legal alarms.