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_qxb9··on Niantic plans a “Large Geospatial Model” trained on Pokémon Go player data
We do this at [name redacted as this was a joke].

When users scan their barcode, the preview window is zoomed in so users think its mostly barcode. We actually get quite a bit more background noise typically of a fridge, supermarket aisle, pantry etc. but it is sent across to us, stored, and trained on.

Within the next year we will have a pretty good idea of the average pantry, fridge, supermarket aisle. Who knows what is next