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The Pokémon Company has said it did not give permission for the use of its theme song and other footage to be used in an ICE deportation raid video posted by the US government.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ex9n8gxdwo.amp

Pokémon did not give permission for ICE video footage - BBC News
The theme song, Ash Ketchum and slogan "Gotta catch 'em all" featured in a US government video.

Fucking FINALLY he's only one of my favorite Pokémon, no big deal 🙄😂😍
#PokémonTCGPocket #Pokémon #Buzzwole

Wondering if the Kojima / Niantic game will be based around OpenStreetMap data?
https://www.ign.com/articles/hideo-kojima-announces-ar-project-with-pokmon-go-creator-niantic-spatial

Hideo Kojima Announces AR Project With Pokémon Go Creator Niantic Spatial - IGN
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is collaborating with Niantic Spatial on a new AR project, announced this morning as part of Kojima Productions' Beyond the Strand livestream.

"Ancient whale with Pokémon-like face, killer bite discovered by scientists"
cute but deadly in other words
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-ancient-whale-with-pokemon-like-face-killer-bite-discovered…

Recent playthrough of 2. Gen #Pokémon #Crystal Version I tried to use only Pokémon I hadn't had used before (mainly because 10 year old me considered them uncool or something).
I just discovered that

I became so bored with Pokémon Go... and it makes me sad.
It was just feeling like the same thing over and over again
#PokemonGo

@… Flying to Anaheim CA tonight for the Pokémon world championship: https://worlds.pokemon.com/en-us/
My wife is a huge fan.

I made a Pokémon card of my cat. He starts with negative HP and his attacks are pretty weak

It's basically Pokémon, but instead of monsters it's just dogs.
You travel around capturing dogs, and then train them to fight other dogs.

I should have put my savings into Pokémon explorers of sky

More #sliceoflife -- I took this water bottle after nobody claimed it after 24 hours; I think people might have been afraid it was contaminated with PFAS or something; it's made of metal and coated with enamel, but when I opened it I used my hand to waff smells towards my nose like I would in a chemical lab -- the square in the background is poyo_party's Lana from Pokémon Sun and …

I remember a time when this ✨meant that your Pokémon was shiny.
Now it just means AI BS 😔

PrivAR: Real-Time Privacy Protection for Location-Based Augmented Reality Applications
Shafizur Rahman Seeam, Ye Zheng, Zhengxiong Li, Yidan Hu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02551 …

PrivAR: Real-Time Privacy Protection for Location-Based Augmented Reality Applications
Location-based augmented reality (LB-AR) applications, such as Pokémon Go, stream sub-second GPS updates to deliver responsive and immersive user experiences. However, this high-frequency location reporting introduces serious privacy risks. Protecting privacy in LB-AR is significantly more challenging than in traditional location-based services (LBS), as it demands real-time location protection with strong per-location and trajectory-level privacy guaranteed while maintaining low latency and h…

Pok\'eAI: A Goal-Generating, Battle-Optimizing Multi-agent System for Pokemon Red
Zihao Liu, Xinhang Sui, Yueran Song, Siwen Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23689

PokéAI: A Goal-Generating, Battle-Optimizing Multi-agent System for Pokemon Red
We introduce PokéAI, the first text-based, multi-agent large language model (LLM) framework designed to autonomously play and progress through Pokémon Red. Our system consists of three specialized agents-Planning, Execution, and Critique-each with its own memory bank, role, and skill set. The Planning Agent functions as the central brain, generating tasks to progress through the game. These tasks are then delegated to the Execution Agent, which carries them out within the game environment. Up…