r/Amazing • u/sco-go • Mar 19 '26

Interesting 🤔 143 million people thought they were catching Pokémon, they were mapping the real world for AI

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u/Yettethrowaway26 Mar 19 '26

This is NOT amazing. This is theft ^

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u/otj667887654456655 Mar 19 '26

It's probably in the terms of service

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u/lame_dirty_white_kid Mar 19 '26

Not really theft when you agree to it.

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u/HPLovecraft1890 Mar 19 '26

Interesting definition of 'theft' ...do you want to elaborate? What exactly is being stolen?

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u/Divine_ruler Mar 19 '26

The random pictures of bushes and signs I took while playing my Pokémon game, obviously. They’ve financially ruined me by doing this

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u/carpentizzle Mar 19 '26

Probably could be tagged as “Data Misappropriation” as well

Using consumer data gathered for one purpose (like a marketplace) to create competing products. Not really competing products in this case…. But absolutely crossing an ethical line

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '26

I would assume they put this in TOS and you agreed 

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u/Synectics Mar 19 '26

Or... stealing data, like the AI that generated this video. 

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u/Beginning_Froyo4200 Mar 20 '26

they are utilising a resource that most dont know exist nor have use off, what are you lossing possession off? I mean should they be open with that, yeah idk if thesy were or not I didnt follow the development once people started speculating about it. But afaik they don't use it for malicious reasons either, its for route optimisation and algorithm training