US EditionAI-Voiced Darth Vader Can Swear, Say 'Skibidi Toilet' in Fortnite: How to Find It
- Epic Games added an AI version of Darth Vader with James Earl Jones' voice to Fortnite on May 16, 2025.
- The AI Vader feature launched with family permission but players quickly manipulated it to say curse words and inappropriate phrases.
- The AI Darth Vader responds in real-time using Google's Gemini 2.0 and ElevenLabs technology, and can join squads, sing, and summarize gameplay.
- Epic Games released a patch less than half an hour after Darth Vader began saying offensive things, ensuring the issue was promptly resolved.
- The incident highlights challenges in controlling interactive AI speech and raises questions about the use of AI voices for iconic characters in games.
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AI Darth Vader Is a Thing in ‘Fortnite’ Now, and It’s Going About as Well as We Could Have Expected
The world of gaming is such an interesting place, and Fortnite just keeps pushing boundaries further and further. We’ve got Godzilla hitting the Griddy wearing Nike Air Force 1s. Now, we’ve got James Earl Jones AI Darth Vader chatting with other players in the middle of firefights. Yes, you read that right. Fortnite has officially brought Darth Vader to life in the latest season of Fortnite, functioning as a voiced chatbot that can talk with pla…
Darth Vader AI (Fortnite)
Darth Vader AI refers to a Darth Vader companion character added to Fortnite for the Star Wars themed Galactic Battle mini-season on May 16th, 2025. When defeated, players can recruit Darth Vader to their squad to help them fight and to talk with him. When spoken to, he will respond in the voice of his original actor, James Earl Jones, using artificial intelligence voice, specifically Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash model and ElevenLabs’ Flash v2.5 mo…
Fortnite's AI Darth Vader Has Only Been Live For An Hour And Already Epic Has Patched Out Him Saying 'F**k'
AI Darth Vader has been out in Fortnite for roughly an hour, and already people have managed to get the Dark Lord of the Sith to swear.Fortnite's new AI buddy has a death grip on all manner of cool and strange features, including the ability to serenade you, join and leave squads at will, respond intelligently to the player, issue cued and impromptu dialogue, summarize gameplay events, and warn the player if something's about to go down.Within a…
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