Tuesday, 17 March 2026

Pokémon GO Players Unknowingly Helped Build a 30 Billion AR Image Map of the World

quote [ Niantic Spatial is using "crowdsourced" images of the world as the backbone of its tech, captured unknowingly by Pokémon GO players. ]

I just go for walks and play Pokemon Go
[SFW] [games] [+1 Informative]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:06amGMT]

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Paracetamol said @ 7:44am GMT on 17th Mar
ha!

Ever Played Pokémon Go? You Helped Train an AI for 'Spatial Intelligence'


"It's so incredibly 2020s coded that Pokémon Go is being used to build an AI system which will almost inevitably end up being used by automated weapons systems to kill people," tweeted Elise Thomas, OSINT analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in the UK.
s&m hunter said @ 4:40pm GMT on 17th Mar
Haha!
I 'knew' I read it somewhere, before!
mechanical contrivance said @ 2:27pm GMT on 19th Mar
Figures.

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