Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.

It’s always about the data.

They’ve been collecting this data for over a decade and are just now starting to figure out what to do with it.

Nah, they’ve always been selling it as map data. And I still 100% believe the NSA is involved

Hah wouldn’t that be something.

Tbh they don’t need Niantic to do this. They can collect that info straight from phones. Back doors go brrrr (is that meme still relevant?)

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