Pokémon Go data was used to help train AI systems being developed for military drones
Data collected from the mobile game Pokémon Go is being used to train AI systems for military drones. Niantic Spatial, a division formed after Savvy Games Group acquired Niantic's gaming business, partnered with Vantor to develop a positioning solution for GPS-denied environments, utilizing ground scans from Pokémon Go as part of the AI training data. This development raises ethical concerns about the indirect contribution of players to military applications.
- Entities
- Company: Savvy Games
- Topic: Artificial Intelligence
- Person: Brian McClendon
- Topic: Military Drones
- Person: Jeroen van den Hoven
- Game: Pokémon Go
- Company: Niantic
- Company: Scopely
- Company: Vantor
- Topic: GPS
- Topic: Visual Positioning Systems
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