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Joe Foley

Fortnite's AI Darth Vadar controversy is about getting a fair deal for performers

Darth Vader in Fortnite.

Not one but two Star Wars AI controversies within a week? First Lucasfilm itself was touting some objectively terrible AI video generation in Star Wars Field Report as the future of VFX. Now Fortnite's being criticised over its AI-voiced Darth Vadar.

The Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has filed an unfair labour complaint over Fortnite's use of AI to recreate the voice of the late actor James Earl Jones after the Sith lord returned to the game as a Battle Royale boss.

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