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Epic built an AI assistant into Unreal Engine and its Fortnite creator tools that helps developers write code, fix errors, and navigate the software by answering questions in plain language. It launched in 2025 and is available both inside the editor and on the web. Epic describes it as a learning aid, not a replacement for official documentation.
Details
The web-based version launched mid-2025 for Fortnite and UEFN creators; an in-editor version shipped with Unreal Engine 5.7 (late 2025) as an Experimental feature, accessible via a slide-out panel or by pressing F1 over any interface element for contextual help. The system reportedly uses OpenAI's GPT-4.1 model as its underlying large language model. Epic's official privacy policy discloses that the company works with "large language model providers" as service providers and states that when users engage AI-powered features such as the Epic Developer Assistant, their inputs are used to generate outputs. Epic explicitly warns the tool "is not intended to replace documentation or verified workflows."
Products affected
Unreal Engine 5.7+Unreal Editor for Fortnite
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Trace Foundation. (2026). Epic Games: Epic built an AI assistant into Unreal Engine and its Fortnite creator tools that helps developers write code, fix errors, and navigate the software by answering questions in plain language. It launched in 2025 and is available both inside the editor and on the web. Epic describes it as a learning aid, not a replacement for official documentation (data as of 2026-03-18) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/dda8d787-4759-4f23-8fef-b6d1bb03f57c. Accessed October 13, 2026.
- Stable link
- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/dda8d787-4759-4f23-8fef-b6d1bb03f57c
- Data as of
- March 18, 2026
- Last verified
- March 18, 2026
Other practices by Epic Games
OtherAfter widespread protests from artists in December 2022, Epic's portfolio platform ArtStation introduced a "NoAI" label that artists can apply to their work to signal they do not want it used in AI training datasets. Epic also updated its terms of service to commit that it will not use or license any ArtStation content — labeled or not — for AI training purposes.OtherEpic provides a plugin for Unreal Engine 5 that lets game developers train AI-controlled characters and agents by having them learn through trial and error — similar to how a person gets better at a task by practicing. The tool, called Learning Agents, launched as an experimental feature with Unreal Engine 5.3 in September 2023 and is aimed at developers, not players.OtherUnreal Engine 5 supports NVIDIA's DLSS technology, which uses AI to make games run more smoothly on compatible graphics cards by generating additional frames and sharpening images — without the full processing cost of rendering everything natively. Epic has also integrated NVIDIA's ACE tools, which give developers AI-powered options for animating digital human faces and generating NPC speech.
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