It's not just a game. Your Pokemon Go player data is training AI map models.
Niantic's geospatial model is using geolocation data from scans players submit of real-world locations while playing the company's mobile games.
‘Pokémon Go’ Players Are Training AI Models To See The World
Data captured from Pokémon Go and other games are being used to create large AI models that can predict what buildings and other objects look like.
Pokemon GO Data Used to Train Geospatial AI Model
Pokemon Go developer Niantic reveals its long-term use of player data in the creation of a new large geospatial AI model.
Niantic is building a ‘geospatial’ AI model based on Pokémon Go player data
Scans of the world from Pokemon Go and Ingress are the backbone of Niantic’s AI model, which aims to navigate the world like ChatGPT spits out text.
Did you play Pokémon Go? You didn't know it, but you were training AI to map the world
You probably didn't know it, but if you played or are still playing Pokémon Go (there are more than half a million active players ), you were helping train an AI-powered geospatial model that aims to map the world.
Your Pokemon Go data is training an AI model
Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, revealed its ambitions to develop a Large Geospatial Model (LGM), an AI designed to help machines navigate and understand the physical world.
Niantic is quietly using your Pokémon Go data to train large-scale geospatial AI models
Niantic is making geospatial AI models to help computers navigate real spaces, and it’s using your Pokémon Go data to help
Pokemon Go developer Niantic is using player data to train AI that could power map-roaming robots
According to a Niantic blog posts, Pokemon Go players have been helping train machine learning models for a while.
Niantic Unveils AI Geospatial Model Built from Pokémon Go Player Data
Niantic has launched a "Large Geospatial Model" (LGM) that leverages millions of scans from Pokémon Go players. The LGM integrates advanced neural networks for applications like 3D mapping, augmented reality (AR), and robotics.
Gotta Catch 'Em All: How Pokémon Go covertly captured your data for years to train a massive AI model
Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, has been scraping users’ scans of the world to build a model that will help robots navigate physical space. Some experts are worried about the potential applications.
Pokémon Go maker to create AI trained on user data that can navigate the real world
Niantic said its “Large Geospatial Model” will be able to predict what physical structures like statues look like based on what it knows about existing ones.
Stretching From LLMs To LGMs: Intelligence And The Amazing Promise Of Large Geospatial Models
Generative AI and LLMs are stretching into a new frontier known as large geospatial models (LGMs). This is going to be big.
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Visual scans of the world have helped Niantic build what it calls a "Large Geospatial Model." Visual scans of the world have ...