Fortnite Creators Won't Be Able to Escape AI Come the End of July

Fortnite creators won't be able to escape AI come the end of July

Epic Games, the publisher and developer of one of the world's most popular games, Fortnite, has announced that it has added "consistent voices and personas" to 36 existing Fortnite characters, such as Agent Jones and The Imagined. These voices are to be used in Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), allowing creators to include these characters and their voices on their islands.

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 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. The characters include Fortnite staples like Agent Jonesy, Peely (the banana), Fishstick (a walking fish), and Cuddle Team Leader (who wear…

Fortnite has started adding AI voices to its NPCs for an upcoming ‘conversations’ feature

The voices will be used in Gemini-powered conversations on user-created islands…