Google DeepMind partners with EVE Online for AI model testing
Google DeepMind partners with EVE Online for AI model testing
Publish Date: 2026-05-06 12:56:00
Source Domain: arstechnica.com
- Google’s DeepMind has taken a minority stake in Fenris Creations, formerly CCP Games, the developer of EVE Online.
- DeepMind intends to use EVE Online as a research platform to study intelligence in complex, dynamic, player-driven environments.
- The partnership comes after Fenris Creations bought itself out from its former South Korean publisher for $120 million and will continue operations without restructuring or layoffs.
- DeepMind plans to conduct AI experiments in a specially designed offline version of the game, without affecting online players.
- The collaboration aims to develop AI systems with capabilities like long-horizon planning, memory, and continual learning, with potential for new gameplay experiences.
- Google DeepMind and Fenris emphasize exploring “difficult problems, long timelines, and strange possibilities” through studying EVE Online’s complex ecosystem.
