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

An AI-powered Darth Vader is recruitable to your squad ... Powered by Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash, with James Earl’s voice audio generated by ElevenLabs’ Flash v2.5, the conversational ...

The service is possible because of Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash model and ElvenLabs ... Epic Games encourages other players to report the Darth Vader AI if he says something inappropriate that ...

There's been an ongoing debate surrounding the use of AI to bring a deceased actor's likeness to life. Jones, who's not only famous for his role as Darth Vader, but also as Mufasa in Disney's The Lion ...

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

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

Epic Games used a combination of Google's Gemini and ElevenLabs' Flash ... took note of Fortnite’s AI-generated Darth Vader and responded with a press release: “Fortnite’s signatory company ...

In the Fortnite Team’s FAQ, they state: “The dialogue of Darth Vader’s responses is AI generated using Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash model, and the audio itself is generated by ElevenLabs ...

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 ...

Star Wars icon Darth Vader has been added to Fortnite ... being that you can talk to them as they're powered by Google Gemini AI. Depending on what you ask them, there can be a bit of a delay ...