Time to go back to board games, y'all. Even your innocent fun will be weaponised on your smart phone.
Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones
Location scans from the globally popular augmented reality game have helped train AI to recognise and interpret physical spaces
An AI model trained on data collected from users of Pokémon Go will potentially help military drones find their location in war zones.
Pokémon Go, a 2016 augmented reality mobile game, allowed users to find and catch Pokémon in the real world using the cameras on their mobile phones, and exploded in popularity across the world. In 2018, the company reported having more than 800m downloads worldwide. Continue reading...
