The repurposing of Pokémon Go data for AI training continues to draw scrutiny.
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The repurposing of Pokémon Go data for AI training continues to draw scrutiny.
A player wearing a hat decorated with Pokemon characters and trading cards plays Pokemon GO on a smartphone during the in-person Pokemon GO Tour: Kalos Los Angeles 2026 event on February 20, 2026.
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Location scans from the globally popular augmented reality game have helped train AI to recognise and interpret physical spaces
According to Trouw, at the end of 2025, Niantic Spatial, a company based on the Pokemon Go developer, set up a collaboration with…
Data from Pokémon Go's location scans has been used to train AI models, enabling military drones to better interpret and navigate…
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