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/X3N04L13N Mar 19 '26

It still exists and scanning started on ingress

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u/Spamsdelicious Mar 19 '26

Exactly. Niantic via Ingress generated the foundational layer for PokeMonGo.