Fortnite continues to be one of the top titles in the gaming world. And to maintain that position, they are constantly adding new things for fans to enjoy. But one of their latest additions has gone viral, both for being too novel, but also for how people used it. It is a new NPC that can accompany us in battles, in this case being Darth Vader, the Star Wars villain. Although the striking thing is that he has an AI that allows him to talk and interact in real time with the players. And they took advantage of this to do their thing, pushing the limits.
Darth Vader’s new AI in Fortnite quickly enters controversy.
The new addition that Fortnite has added is making people talk, both because of its novelty and because it has generated more than one controversy. It is the addition of the Darth Vader NPC, which using Artificial Intelligence can chat with players. This is done in real time, being that the AI, based on the voice of James Earl Jones, can respond to anything that is said to him.
And it is that this was one of the points by which the new Fortnite AI began to enter into a controversy. This because players took advantage of the weaknesses of the tool. The main one is that being an AI that responds automatically, several took advantage of it to play a dirty trick and make it say controversial phrases. With this, it could be heard in the game saying racist or homophobic phrases, among others. One of the most notorious cases was that of the streamer Loserfruit, who made her say a bad word.
Epic Games’ response to this
Quickly, and in less than two hours, the developer Epic Games mentioned the fact in social networks. Therefore, they launched an official patch to limit any type of interaction of this type and that it does not escalate to the levels that can be seen in the videos on the networks. “We applied an emergency solution within 30 minutes; this should not happen again,” they stated.
Similarly, the same players found new ways to lead to Darth Vader’s AI inside Fortnite saying more inappropriate things. That’s why Epic Games clarified that there are parental controls to limit access to the feature, plus you can report to the same NPC if it says any bad words.
Meanwhile, thousands of users began to publish their own videos on the networks, where you can see the interactions with the AI. And although many took the opportunity to continue with the line of bad comments, others did not. This can be seen in videos where Darth Vader, which has a personality within Fortnite equal to those seen in the movies, gives several useful tips. Now it remains to be seen if Epic Games decides to continue with this add-on or if it will end up withdrawing it because of the problems it has been giving them.
