I've spoken about this in 2024. None of these corporations offer a "free" service, we were always free labor for their mapping ecosystem bsky.app/profile/nazi...
I couldn't talk about this when we worked on Pokemon GO, but yes, that's not new. Niantic has a history of working with governments - with injection of investment from Google and Samsung - and making use of their consumers as "scouts". The worst part is they call it "community"
Nazih Fares | نزيه فارس
Nazih Fares | نزيه فارس
Pokemon Go players have been training an AI model of the world for its parent company, Niantic. These models may be sold to the military, an exec said at a conference. Said it would be "an issue" if they were used in active war
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A Niantic executive said he could see governments and militaries buying Niantic geospatial AI trained on player data, but the company said it’s still early days.
