Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, is using player data to create a 3D map of the physical world. The model uses geolocation information from scans players ...

Niantic is making geospatial AI models to help computers navigate real spaces, and it’s using your Pokémon Go data to help

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.

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 developer Niantic reveals its long-term use of player data in the creation of a new large geospatial AI model.

Niantic, the team behind Pokemon Go, is working on a new type of AI model that's training on data from its apps.

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.

The game's developer, Niantic, detailed a new AI product using geolocated images from all over the world to help robotics understand and interact with physical spaces.