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Re:Niantic announces "Large Geospatial Model" trained on Pok... by dogcomplex on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @09:39PM (#42200537)
Did anyone here on hackernews not seriously assume this was the real reason for the existence of that game since day 1?
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Re:Niantic announces "Large Geospatial Model" trained on Pok... by eru on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @10:35PM (#42200852)
I'm not sure about the 'real reason'.

It's perhaps more like: some folks an Niantic wanted to make a Pokemon game, and this way they could make it financially viable?

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