Fortnite developers can make AI characters now — just don’t try to date them

Following last year’s AI-powered Darth Vader in Fortnite that swore in a re-creation of James Earl Jones’ voice, Epic Games is now letting Fortnite creators experiment with a new “conversations” tool to create AI-powered characters that players can talk and interact with. Fortnite developers can make AI characters now — just don’t try to date them Following last year’s AI-powered Darth Vader in Fortnite that swore, developers can test their own AI characters. Following last year’s AI-powered Darth Vader in Fortnite that swore, developers can test their own AI characters. “Instead of authoring dialogue trees for characters in your islands, conversations transforms an NPC into an AI-powered character capable of unscripted dialogue and interactions with players, like a quest giver or narrator,” Epic says. “You define who the character is with simple prompts—how they think, what they know, and how…