Google’s DeepMind division has acquired a minority share in Fenris Creations, the newly independent company behind the massive multiplayer space game EVE Online. The partnership will let DeepMind run AI experiments on an offline version of the game, exploiting its complex, player‑driven environment to advance long‑term planning, memory and continual‑learning capabilities. Fenris CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson and DeepMind director Alexandre Moufarek said the collaboration aims to push the frontier of artificial intelligence while exploring new gameplay experiences, all without disrupting the live game. Read more →