Google DeepMind announced a research partnership with Fenris Creations, the studio behind EVE Online, to use the game’s persistent virtual worlds as a testbed for AI research. The collaboration targets AI agents capable of continual learning, long-horizon planning, and complex multi-agent interaction, building on 15 years of DeepMind’s work in game environments. DeepMind describes the effort as guided by the principle of AI as a catalyst rather than a replacement for game design.
