SAG-AFTRA Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over Darth Vader AI Voice in ‘Fortnite’

SAG-AFTRA has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Fortnite’s production company, alleging that its use of an AI-powered James Earl Jones Darth Vader voice infringes on the union’s right to negotiate major changes to its collective bargaining agreement.

The union claimed that a signatory to its collective bargaining agreement, Llama Productions, made “unilateral” changes to terms and conditions of employment when Fortnite began employing the use of an AI-powered Vader…