Fortnite is getting a bunch of AI-powered ‘personas’
Get ready for more AI characters in Fortnite. Developer Epic Games is going to let Fortnite creators publish experiences featuring characters with...
Key points
- Get ready for more AI characters in Fortnite.
- Developer Epic Games is going to let Fortnite creators publish experiences featuring characters with AI-powered voices starting on July 30th, and ahead of that launch, it’s created 36 characters with “consistent voices and personas” that creators can use as NPCs.
- Fortnite is getting a bunch of AI-powered ‘personas’ Creators can now use 36 Fortnite characters in their experiences.
- Creators can now use 36 Fortnite characters in their experiences.
What happened
Get ready for more AI characters in Fortnite. Developer Epic Games is going to let Fortnite creators publish experiences featuring characters with AI-powered voices starting on July 30th, and ahead of that launch, it’s created 36 characters with “consistent voices and personas” that creators can use as NPCs. Fortnite is getting a bunch of AI-powered ‘personas’ Creators can now use 36 Fortnite characters in their experiences. Creators can now use 36 Fortnite characters in their experiences. Even though players quickly got Vader to swear, something Epic fixed quickly, the company announced shortly after debuting Vader that Fortnite creators would be able to make AI-powered characters of their own. “The actors agreed to have their performances used to develop voice models that create the spoken responses for these LLM-powered Fortnite characters.” Shiina, a Fortnite content creator, made a video featuring some of the voices: Down the line, it sounds like Epic wants to make characters featuring voices from the well-known actors that have appeared in the Fortnite universe, but it will have to secure the right approvals to do so.