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

Fortnite developer Epic will be letting players create their own "AI-powered NPCs" later this year, following its Darth Vader ...

Here are all the Fortnite announcements from the State of Unreal 2025, including a Squid Game collaboration, AI NPCs, and ...

For better or worse, Fortnite will let creators make NPCs that ditch the script and go freestyle. A new tool in the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) will allow developers to create their own ...

Fortnite has revealed huge plans to bring more AI-powered NPCs like the existing Darth Vader AI who has gone viral online.

Following the release of AI Darth Vader into Fortnite, Epic has announced plans to let people create their own AI NPCs in the ...

Fortnite's AI-powered Darth Vader represents AI's potential, and also its risks.

Epic Games first unleashed AI Darth Vader in May, powered by a digitally altered voice from the late James Earl Jones. And while the bot’s purpose, personality, and language were intended to match ...

SAG-AFTRA has filed a labor complaint against Fortnite;s maker over AI use of James Earl Jones' voice as Darth Vader, raising ...

When Fortnite’s Darth Vader started talking, things went downhill fast. The AI-powered NPC voiced with permission from James Earl Jones’ estate, cursed, glitched, and set off alarms. Union actors ...

A recent controversy involving Darth Vader in Fortnite exposes a crucial issue on the topic of actors' likeness and AI.

Already, one video has amassed millions of views as onlookers are in awe over how easily the AI footage could be mistaken for ...