If you played Pokémon Go, there's a chance you helped with the development of training robots and AI.

US video game developer Niantic has revealed that its Pokemon Go players have helped create a huge dataset of more than 30 ...

The main goal of Pokémon GO is to catch 'em all and complete your Pokédex, but some incredibly rare Pokémon often stand in the way of that goal. Aside from the fact that many Pokémon are only ...

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

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

The data collected by the AR games now consists of more than 30 billion images captured from different angles, times of day, ...

Students play Pokemon Go in the street as its released in Tokyo (AP Phot/Koji Sasahara) ...

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

How Pokemon Go players have been unwittingly training AI navigation robots - ...

Since its launch in 2016, Pokémon Go captivated players with its augmented reality gameplay, requiring users to explore real-world locations to catch Pokémon. Unbeknownst to them, players contributed ...

Niantic Spatial, a spinout of the game maker behind the mobile phenomenon, is putting all that AR creature-catching data to interesting use. Walking down the street to scavenge for creatures like ...

Nearly ten years after the launch of Pokémon Go turned everyday streets and parks into digital playgrounds, the massive trove ...