Pokémon Go data was used to help train AI systems being developed for military drones

Data from the augmented reality game Pokémon Go was used to train artificial intelligence systems later adapted for military drone applications. The location and movement data collected from millions of players helped improve computer vision and navigation algorithms for autonomous aerial vehicles. The revelation raises significant privacy and ethical concerns about the secondary use of consumer gaming data for weapons development.

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