Visual scans of the world have helped Niantic build what it calls a “Large Geospatial Model.”…
  • frunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    29 days ago

    Bothers me that much of this data has been collected without explaining what its intended purpose is. All those captchas that want you to pick out cars or bikes etc, Pokemon game that wants you to scan locations for free items… It simply never occurred to me that these were actually just ways to train AI surreptitiously

  • MvPts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    29 days ago

    Have fun with my spoofed Geolocations going 30km/h through every Building in Zaragosa

  • WalnutLum@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    29 days ago

    It’s strange that Niantic is doing this when google has been doing the same thing with its own street map data.

    Seems weird to make a competing product when (I thought) they are on good terms.

    • 11111one11111@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      29 days ago

      Google is going to get broken up. To what extent is the question. Companies positioning themselves for the aftermath of the Google break up like this isnt too wierd. Who knows what companies will aquire which Google assets so having your own means to seperate yourself from Google is just playing it safe.