Fortnite, Darth Vader and Voice acting
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Mere hours after the debut of AI Darth Vader in Fortnite, the character began spewing racial slurs and making real-world threats against players, sparking immediate backlash and concern.
The union has now filed an unfair labor practice charge (link to the PDF is on the SAG-AFTRA website) that calls out “ Fortnite ‘s signatory company, Llama Productions” for “ [replacing] the work of human performers with AI technology” without “providing any notice of their intent to do this and without bargaining with us over appropriate terms.”