"The urban canyon is the worst place in the world for GPS" ...

It has come to light that the 30 billion images Pokemon Go players have captured are being used to help delivery robots find their way around.

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

When Pokémon Go debuted in 2016, it became an overnight sensation. From London to New York, it felt as though everyone had ...

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

Niantic Spatial, an AI spinout formed in 2025, has turned years of mobile gaming data into what it describes as a ...

It has been around 10 years since Pokémon Go peaked in popularity. But there was a time when millions of people worldwide were pounding the pavement in ...

Niantic Labs has revealed they're using part of the Pokemon Go dataset to work with a robotics company to make deliveries faster.

The creator of augmented reality hit Pokemon GO, Niantic, reveals that player data has been used to help train delivery ...

Niantic says images and AR scans gathered through Pokémon Go have produced a dataset exceeding 30 billion photographs now used to train visual navigation for delivery robots, reports Cape {town} Etc.

Pokémon Go players may have unknowingly helped build a massive AI training dataset through years of scanning real-world locations.

Will an association with that game everyone played a little bit in 2016 help keep the bots from getting lost and beat up?