Google DeepMind invests in EVE Online developer to test AI behavior

Techub News, according to Decrypt, Google DeepMind has acquired a minority stake in Icelandic game studio Fenris Creations (formerly CCP Games), planning to use the complex virtual environment of to test AI behavior. The research will be conducted in an offline-controlled version of , not connected to the live server Tranquility. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis stated that the collaboration will explore safely advancing AI research in a player-driven complex universe, while Fenris described it as a unique simulation scenario for testing general AI behavior in a sandbox environment.