Report: Pokémon Go player scans sold to military drone company for AI navigation training
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Diego Argüello
Summary
A report by Dutch news outlet Trouw reveals that nearly 30 billion video scans made by Pokémon Go players have been sold to a military drone technology company. The scans, which are videos of locations recorded by users and rewarded by the app, are now owned by Niantic Spatial (originating from Niantic, the developer of Pokémon Go). These scans have reportedly been used to train a 3D navigation system for military drones and robots.
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· 3 pulledNearly 30 billion scans made my Pokémon Go players have reportedly been sold to a military drone technology company.
The scans—videos of a location recorded by users that are then saved and rewarded by the app—have reportedly led to a navigation system developed for military drones and robots.
These scans are now owned by Niantic Spatial, which originated from Niantic, developer of Pokémon Go.
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