Epic Games Opens AI Character Conversations to Fortnite Creators — With Strict Anti-Romance Guardrails

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Following last year's AI-powered Darth Vader that swore in James Earl Jones' voice, Epic Games now lets Fortnite creators experiment with a 'conversations' tool for AI-driven NPC interactions with explicit anti-dating guardrails enforced. This is one of the first large-scale deployments of user-facing AI characters in a live-service game with 100M+ monthly active users.