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An updated disclosure<\/a> on Apple\u2019s website spotted by 9to5Mac<\/em> says that imagery collected in support of the Look Around feature of Apple Maps (Apple\u2019s Street View equivalent) will also be used to train Apple\u2019s generative AI<\/abbr><\/a>. Meanwhile, a recent Apple Maps glitch displayed baggage claims at ridiculously high zooms<\/a>, and a Google Maps glitch deleted Timeline data for some users<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An updated disclosure on Apple\u2019s website spotted by 9to5Mac says that imagery collected in support of the Look Around feature of Apple Maps (Apple\u2019s Street View equivalent) will also be used to train Apple\u2019s generative… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,80],"tags":[83,82],"class_list":["post-1838609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-map-errors","category-mobile","tag-apple-maps","tag-google-maps","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787430,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/06\/comparing-apple-maps-in-ios-13-to-google-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1838609,"position":0},"title":"Comparing Apple Maps in iOS 13 to Google Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 June 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"Om Malik's take on the updates to Apple Maps: \"all it does is remind me of Bing\u2014an also-ran that can never catch up to Google.\" The WWDC hoopla around this tells me that Apple thinks of Apple Maps as an application, whereas in reality, maps are all about data\u2014something Google\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mobile"","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5394,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2012\/09\/apple-google-map-kremlinology\/","url_meta":{"origin":1838609,"position":1},"title":"Apple-Google Maps Kremlinology","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"28 September 2012","format":"link","excerpt":"Details continue to emerge, as details tend to do, about how and why Apple replaced Google with its own maps in iOS 6. 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