{"id":2374983,"date":"2024-12-01T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T16:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pokemon-go-user-cameras-now-part-of-unsettling-plot-to-map-areas-street-view-that-cars-cannot-access\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T11:23:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T16:23:21","slug":"pokemon-go-user-cameras-now-part-of-unsettling-plot-to-map-areas-street-view-that-cars-cannot-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pokemon-go-user-cameras-now-part-of-unsettling-plot-to-map-areas-street-view-that-cars-cannot-access\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Pokemon Go&#8217; User Cameras Now Part of Unsettling Plot to Map Areas Street-View That Cars Cannot Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpokemon-go-user-cameras-now-part-of-unsettling-plot-to-map-areas-street-view-that-cars-cannot-access%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2374983&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Niantic, the developer behind &#8220;Pokemon Go,&#8221; \u200chas announced a new feature that enables players \u200cto scan physical locations using their \u2062mobile devices to help develop AI models\u200c with spatial understanding. This initiative aims \u200bto bridge the gap between human \u200cinstinctive spatial awareness\u2064 and the \u2063challenges AI faces in visualizing and interpreting environments. Niantic has trained a vast number of neural networks and hopes to create localized models that\u200d can integrate into\u2063 a larger\u2063 network of digitized locations. <\/p>\n<p>While this technology allows players\u2064 to\u200c place virtual creatures in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-scientists-claim-they-can-now-reverse-engineer-deepfakes\/\" title=\"Facebook Scientists Claim They Can Now Reverse-Engineer Deepfakes\">real-world settings<\/a>,\u2062 it raises potential concerns regarding privacy\u2062 and security, as it could inadvertently facilitate \u2064data collection\u2063 of \u200bsensitive locations, such \u200bas government buildings and private properties. Although participation in scanning is voluntary and\u2062 strictly tied to the gaming experience, the ability to\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">gather detailed\u2062 location data poses risks<\/a> that may need to be addressed as AI \u200busage\u2062 expands beyond \u200cgaming.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Players of &ldquo;Pokemon Go&rdquo; are able to do more than just capture virtual monsters when they point their camera phones around.<\/p>\n<p>Niantic, the developer behind the popular mobile game, announced Nov. 12 that players can now scan physical locations to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/can-ai-blamed-suicide-grieving-mother-looks-find-game-thrones-ai-allegedly-led-sons-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI<\/a> models develop spatial understanding, according to a Nov. 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/nianticlabs.com\/news\/largegeospatialmodel?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This awareness is innate in humans but apparently difficult to teach a machine.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As humans, we have &lsquo;spatial understanding&rsquo; that means we can fill in these details based on countless similar scenes we&rsquo;ve encountered before,&rdquo; Niantic wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But for machines, this task is extraordinarily difficult. Even the most advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/john-wick-studio-fire-unprecedented-generative-ai-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI<\/a> models today struggle to visualize and infer missing parts of a scene, or to imagine a place from a new angle.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Niantic said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/witness-in-u-k-reports-seeing-tic-tac-ufo-spotted-by-u-s-pilot\/\" title=\"Witness In U.K. Reports Seeing \u2018Tic Tac\u2019 UFO Spotted By U.S. Pilot\">spatial intelligence<\/a> is the next big frontier in the realm of machine learning.<\/p>\n<p>The developer said, it has &ldquo;trained more than 50 million neural networks, with more than 150 trillion parameters.&rdquo; Niantic hopes these localized models will eventually mesh with a larger network of digitized locations.<\/p>\n<p>Watching where users point their phones may reveal where these locations are.<\/p>\n<p>For a program like &ldquo;Pokemon Go,&rdquo; the benefits of this technology are clear.<\/p>\n<p>Players can place their virtual monsters at real locations, allowing the animated beasts to play and interact with the user-scanned terrain.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the locations players are able to scan are limited.<\/p>\n<p>Niantic said, the scanning is completely optional to users, who must click in-app to scan a location.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Merely walking around playing our games does not train an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-authors-sue-ai-chatbot-creator-anthropic-copyright-infringement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI<\/a> model,&rdquo; Niantic wrote.<\/p>\n<p>While the developer said nothing suspicious is happening, it is one of a multitude of companies pursuing artificial intelligence. If all that is needed to scan an area into an AI model is a cell phone, the door appears to be wide open for abuse.<\/p>\n<p>As with most technology, camera phones do not need direct user interaction to record data and images.<\/p>\n<p>Nefarious actors, either domestic or foreign, are seemingly now empowered to gather shocking amounts of intimate location data with just their phones.<\/p>\n<p>Government buildings, critical infrastructure, and private homes would all be open and vulnerable to this technology.<\/p>\n<p>While the spatial scans appear to now only be used at scale by Niantic for gaming purposes, we will likely see more uses of this ability in the future.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Niantic, the game&#8217;s developer, revealed on November 12 that players can scan real-world locations to assist AI models in developing spatial awareness. This ability is natural for humans but challenging for machines to learn. Niantic explained that while humans can easily fill in details based on past experiences, advanced AI still struggles with visualizing and inferring missing elements of a scene or imagining it from different perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>Niantic emphasized that spatial intelligence represents a significant advancement in machine learning. The company has trained over 50 million neural networks with more than 150 trillion parameters and aims to integrate these localized models into a broader network of digitized locations. By observing where users point their phones, they hope to identify these locations.<\/p>\n<p>For &#8220;Pokemon Go,&#8221; this technology offers clear advantages as players can place virtual creatures in real settings, allowing them to interact with the scanned environment. Currently, scanning is optional; users must actively choose to scan a location within the app.<\/p>\n<p>Niantic reassured users that no suspicious activities are taking place but acknowledged the growing interest among various companies in artificial intelligence. However, there are concerns about potential misuse since camera phones can collect data without direct user consent. This capability could enable malicious actors\u2014both domestic and foreign\u2014to gather sensitive location information easily.<\/p>\n<p>While Niantic currently uses spatial scans primarily for gaming purposes, it&#8217;s likely we will see broader applications of this technology in the future<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2374984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pokemon-GO.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[45952,45950,42558,45953,45951],"class_list":["post-2374983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-mapping","tag-pokemon-go","tag-privacy-concerns","tag-street-view","tag-user-cameras"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pokemon-GO.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2374983"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2374987,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374983\/revisions\/2374987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2374984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2374983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2374983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2374983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}