Niantic

Mentioned in 5 analyzed podcast episodes across 5 shows

Mentioned On

Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast The Tim Dillon Show Get Played The TED AI Show

Episode Mentions

Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson · Apr 13, 2026

AI Is Killing Free Will: Ex-Twitter Ethical AI Lead Explains How to Protect Yourself

“Pokemon Go developer; sold location data used for surveillance mapping, weaponizing innocent gameplay data”

AI Ethics and Responsible AIData Privacy and Surveillance CapitalismAlgorithmic Bias and Fairness

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Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast · Apr 7, 2026

PlayStation Wants to Put YOU in Their Games - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.07.26

“Discussed in context of Pokemon Go data collection and world mapping technology used for AI training purposes”

PlayStation Player Base ProgramAI Data Scraping and PrivacyStar Wars Eclipse Development

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The Tim Dillon Show · Mar 21, 2026

488 - Bibi, Genghis Khan, & The Decency To Stay Home

“Pokémon Go developer collected 30 billion geospatial images now used to power delivery robot navigation and targeting systems”

Netanyahu's military strategy and rhetoricU.S.-Iran conflict escalation and Strait of Hormuz blockadeAutonomous vehicles and driverless taxi safety

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Get Played · Feb 16, 2026

High on Life 2 with Alec Robbins and Julian Shine

“Developer of Pokemon Go; mentioned regarding Pokéstop placement and data privacy implications”

Comedy Writing for Interactive MediaVoice Acting and Performance Direction in GamesNarrative Design with Branching Dialogue

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The TED AI Show · Jan 21, 2025

How Pokemon Go and augmented reality are transforming how we’ll navigate the world w/ Niantic's Brian McClendon

“Primary subject; company behind Pokemon Go, Ingress, and VPS/geospatial mapping platform discussed throughout”

Visual Positioning Systems (VPS) and neural network-based localization3D Gaussian splatting and photorealistic 3D reconstructionLarge geospatial models and spatial AI

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