Google's AI-focused DeepMind division has taken a minority stake in the developer of popular sci-fi simulation EVE Online , saying it will use the game to study "intelligence in complex, dynamic, player-driven systems."

The research partnership comes as the management behind EVE Onlin e developer CCP Games announced that they have spent $120 million to buy themselves out from their former owners at South Korean publisher Pearl Abyss (Crimson Desert ) . The newly independent entity is being rebranded as Fenris Creations, which will continue to operate as normal without any restructuring or layoffs, the company said.

"Something that already behaves like a living world"

In today's announcement, Fenris and DeepMind said that EVE Online presents "a uniquely rich environment for study," especially when it comes to developing AI systems that use "long-horizon planning, memory, and continual learning." DeepMind says it will conduct controlled experiments on its models in a specially designed offline version of the game running on a local server, without directly impacting the experience for online players. The two companies "will also explore new gameplay experiences enabled by these technologies," they wrote.

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