In the latest battle over AI in entertainment, a re-created Darth Vader voice has triggered a labour dispute. Here's ...

The great James Earl Jones died last year, but his legacy continues in ways that go beyond the usual archive associated with ...

Epic Games has faced a union complaint from SAG-AFTRA, after an AI-powered Darth Vader trained on James Earl Jones' voice was ...

The estate of James Earl Jones, the longtime and iconic voice of Darth Vader, agreed to allow Epic and others to use AI to recreate the late actor’s voice with the character. What the Fortnite AI did ...

Fortnite players can now interact with Darth Vader — voiced by the late James Earl Jones — through the use of generative AI ...

The "world's largest labor union representing performers and broadcasters" has reportedly sued Fortnite's developers, Epic Games.

However, we must protect our right to bargain terms and conditions around uses of voice that replace the work of our members, including those who previously did the work of matching Darth Vader’s ...

Epic Games and Llama Productions are the subject of an unfair labour practice charge from the SAG-AFTRA union.

Jones, who passed away in 2024, gave his blessing to the artificial recreations of the Darth Vader voice, a role he had ...

An actors’ union is suing the makers of the Fortnite video game over the use of AI to create an interactive Darth Vader.

Fortnite’s new AI Darth Vader has prompted a formal complaint from SAG-AFTRA over its in-game usage. The Screen Actors Guild ...

Epic Games added Darth Vader as a boss character in Fortnite. The twist being that players can voice-chat with him.