A 30-billion-image dataset built by players over the last decade is now being used to train an AI navigation system ...

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Pokémon Go is helping train Niantic Spatial's GPS AI, which helps delivery robots.

Leave the home, turn right and point your camera at the Poké Stop, all to capture an imaginative and generated Pokémon that would be yours. When Pokém.

Niantic's AI spinout is training a new world model using 30 billion images of urban landmarks crowdsourced from players.

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Niantic’s spatial AI, built partly from optional scans submitted through its AR games, is now helping delivery robots ...

With Pokémon Champions dropping in a month and Pokémon World Championship 2026 arriving in San Francisco this summer, the ...