Greetings Kindred,
The Bloodhunt servers are now closed.
Thank you for all battles in the streets of Prague and the passion you shared over the years. Bloodhunt was shaped by its community, and we’re truly grateful.
The sun has risen over Prague, the hunt is over.
This is wild.
143 million people thought they were catching Pokémon. They were actually building one of the largest real-world visual datasets in AI history.
Niantic just disclosed that photos and AR scans collected through Pokémon Go have produced a dataset of over 30 billion real-world images. The company is now using that data to power visual navigation AI for delivery robots.
Players didn't just walk around with their phones. They scanned landmarks, storefronts, parks, and sidewalks from every angle, at every time of day, in lighting and weather conditions that staged photography would never capture. They documented the physical world at a scale no mapping company with a fleet of vehicles could have replicated on the same timeline or budget.
Niantic collected this systematically, data point by data point, across eight years, while users thought the only thing at stake was catching a rare Charizard.
The most valuable AI training datasets in the world aren't being assembled in data centers. They're being built by people who have no idea they're building them.
@AintShitAJ@VVSDIAMONDPC@thegameverse Agreed, not sure why they’re specifically crying that Uncharted 4 and DOOM lost out to Overwatch outside of personal preference. OW changed the landscape of multiplayer gaming, esports, content creation. The others were a fourth and umpteenth sequel originality wins the duel imho
Alliance are out of The Finals Grand Major, that was my #1 team I was rooting for 🥲 time to back @Spacestation cuz NA and @PioneersGG for the man @springhourr
@reachthefinals Grand Major is Live! Group 3 is up and I’m rooting for NA normally but my dear friend @ImYungMan is coach the #1 EU seed @theAllianceGG! Livestream here https://t.co/0FLyHr9bX1
Successfully ran the open qualifier gauntlet and secured a spot in Major closed quals. Insane job by the @theAllianceGG lads today @carnifexGG@Treason_fps@Palmag_ for adapting and bringing it home. Waking up at 2:30am is worth it sometimes.