Epic Games took a big step with conversational AI when it added a new version of Darth Vader in Fortnite that could speak with players.

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 ...

The AI NPCs aren’t the only AI-focused news for Fortnite creators. Epic is also beta testing the Epic Developer Assistant, an ...

"Piracy is piracy," says Disney's chief legal officer, as the studios aim to show that tools allowing personalized AI slop ...

Actor union Sag-Aftra has filed a complaint over the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to recreate the voice of Star Wars ...

Tech CEOs and politicians alike are preparing for the day that superintelligent AI takes over, whilst failing to deal with ...

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. "Fortnite" Darth Vader ...

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. So far, users have been ...

Disney and Universal have launched a high-stakes copyright lawsuit against Midjourney, the popular AI image generator. The ...

Disney and NBCUniversal's lawsuit against AI company Midjourney is a way to establish legal precedent around AI.

It didn't take long after Epic Games unleashed famous Star Wars Sith lord Darth Vader into the game Fortnite -- complete with the AI-enabled voice of late actor James Earl Jones for conversations ...

Fortnite had a very rocky launch with its AI-powered NPC, Darth Vader, last month. The battle royale's use of artificial ...