Fortnite's Ai Darth Vader lived for only one hour and Epic had already hit him and said “F**k”

Ai Darth Vader Fortnite For about an hour, people have managed to get the Sith's Dark King to swear.

Fortnite's new AI Buddy has a death grip on all kinds of cool and weird traitsincluding serenade, join and leave the squad at will, react to the player’s intelligence, make prompts and improvisational conversations, summarize game events, and warn players if something is going to go down.

However, within one hour of the feature's launch, Fortnite players popped up in social media sharing Report and video Vader is manipulated to say something very relevant to the dark side.

“What weird food is that, Darth Vader?” streaming loser Vader asked when he joined the team. After responding to this statement, Vader added: “This kind of vulgar person does not become you (…) your inquiry sustenance, but speaks like an ordinary thug.”

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Perhaps inevitably, within 30 minutes of the AI ​​Darth Vader rogue, Epic Games was forced to launch Hotfix and told My city: “We launched a popular fix within 30 minutes of the game, so this shouldn't happen again.”

Of course, Darth Vader He died in September 2024 At the age of 93. The AI ​​version of his voice is powered by Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash model and Elevenlabs' Flash V2.5, which is fully used with Jones' home permissions.

“James Earl feels Darth Vader's voice is inseparable from the Star Wars story, and he has always hoped that fans of all ages will continue to experience it. We hope this collaboration with Fortnite will allow long-time Darth Vader fans and a new generation of fans to share this iconic character.”

Although this is very interesting Watch the player force Darth Vader to say the curse – And then it's completely punished – and there's more unsettling Report The alleged Vader was manipulated to speak of race and fear of sin.

“With all the due respect for James Earl Jones, he shouldn't get this legacy even if he completely allows these methods,” said a player on Subreddit.

“His voice is what shapes the voices of many of us, and now we have an image that mimics him. Just a ship without souls. People like Matt Sloan (the voices of Darth Vader in various video games and Darth Vader in performance) have more emotional feelings towards this character than one person's character.

“As long as we don't find ways to find renewable energy or minimize ways to harm our future generations, I won't see any “fun” behind this,” they added. “Of course, Darth may comment on sweating players or comment on his hatred of sand, but is it worth it for the long term? Is this really necessary to enhance our experience with the greater sacrifice of polluting the world?”

“There is nothing to be sure of in this world except death, taxation and the internet that makes AI racists.” otherwhile a simple explain: “Leave it on the internet, take something cool and ruin it.”

This may be an opportunity to promptly remind parents that players under 13 or their country’s digital consent age (whichever is higher) require permission from their parents or guardians to speak to Darth Vader. You can approve or deny Darth's prank by heading to Epic Games' parental controls and selecting “Allow voice and written communication with AI capabilities.”

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