Pokémon Go Scans May Have Been Used to Train US Military Drones
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Pokémon Go Scans May Have Been Used to Train US Military Drones
Pokémon Go player data was used to train an AI model that may be put to use helping US military drones and robots navigate war zones. The game awarded players points if they took a short video of them “scanning” certain points of interest as they walked around. In total, 30 billion of these scans were uploaded, DroneXL reported. Niantic used player scans to train AI in mapping of real world locations. The part of the company that did so was s…
A recent report reveals that approximately 30 billion scans collected by players were used to develop spatial intelligence models that may now have applications in the defense sector. A report by the Dutch newspaper Trouw revealed that augmented reality scans collected by Pokémon GO players may have contributed to the development of AI-based navigation technology used in military drones and robots. As reported by the Game Developer portal, which…
Pokémon Go has been in hot water following a report by the Dutch daily Trouw. Journalists accused the company of using billions of environmental scans, which players allegedly transmitted over the years via their smartphones, to develop guidance systems for combat drones. The creators of the mobile hit deny these allegations.
A current controversy surrounding Pokémon GO causes unrest in the community: according to a report by the Dutch newspaper Trouw, the accusation is in the room that data from the game could have been used for training military drones. Now Niantic Spatial has taken a public stand and clearly rejected the allegations. The focus is on so-called scans from the game, i.e. video recordings that were previously able to make useful ones in certain places…
The digital traces of millions of mobile game users, collected over the years, can, without their knowledge, power next-generation combat technologies. Pokémon Go app scans have been used to train autonomous military drones.
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