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Pokémon Go Players Were Duped Into Training a Powerful AI Map of the Real World

When Pokémon Go first launched in 2016, it felt like pure magic. The game sent players outside, into parks and city streets, transforming neighborhoods into digital battlefields and PokeStops. It wasn ...

Pokémon Go Is Driving a $4 Billion Spinoff. Those Game Maps Could Be AI Gold.

The maker of the wildly popular mobile game Pokémon Go is making a sharp turn toward a new frontier in AI research. Pokémon ...
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Pokemon Go Has a New Owner, While Niantic Is Evolving Its Maps to Fold in AI and AR

Niantic's pivot to spatial mapping has been underway for years. What it means for Pokemon Go's future is unclear, but a deeper blend of AR, AI and your future maps of the world are going to be what ...
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Pokémon Go Is Driving a $4 Billion Spinoff. Those Game Maps Could Be AI Gold.

The maker of the wildly popular mobile game Pokémon Go is making a sharp turn toward a new frontier in AI research.