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Pokémon Go players helped map the world, now AI drones want directions

LONDON, June 12 — The summer of 2016 gave us many things: an epidemic of people walking into lamp posts,
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Anthropic’s AI agent Claude is playing Pokémon and just can’t catch ‘em all

Anthropic's AI agent Claude is trying to beat Pokémon Red. Apparently, it's no Ash Ketchum. Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures Last month, the $61.5 billion-valuated AI startup Anthropic set up a gaming livestream on Twitch. Gaming livestreams are nothing new ...
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Niantic Is Training a Giant ‘Geospatial’ AI on Pokémon Go Data

If you want to see what's next in AI, just follow the data. ChatGPT and DALL-E trained on troves of internet data. Generative AI is making inroads in biotechnology and robotics thanks to existing or newly assembled datasets. One way to glance ahead, then ...
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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 comes next. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009.
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Pokemon GO Data Used to Train Geospatial AI Model

Richard is a writer and game designer living in New York City. Niantic is building a geospatial AI model using data from popular AR games like Pokemon GO. The model, called the Large Geospatial Model, aims to enhance interactions in physical spaces globally.
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Pokémon Go trainers have actually been helping train AI, too

Niantic is building a new type of AI model that can understand and navigate the physical world. The company is training its AI on data gathered from its mobile apps, like Pokemon Go and Scaniverse. It’s suggested this AI could be used for supporting AR ...