Pokémon Go Maker Used Billions Of Images To Train An AI Map Of The World

Kotaku | 16.03.2026 22:15
Pokémon Go players have long suspected that developer Niantic was selling the map data those players were creating in the course of playing the augmented reality monster catcher. It turns out they were right, and now we know that one of the clients Niantic is selling this information to is using it to train AI map models used by delivery robots. Not even Pikachu is safe from contributing to the AI dystopia.