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Here\u2019s how it works. Starting with today\u2019s update, Niantic\u2019s algorithm will analyze real-world objects captured in game with your phone\u2019s camera and then convert those objects into words to be parsed by a large language model (LLM) \u2014 in this case, a customized version of Meta\u2019s Llama 2 program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Additionally, each pet, called Dots, will have their personality profile \u2014 which is similar to the different natures of pok\u00e9mon \u2014 also fed to the LLM. Peridot<\/em> will then ask the LLM how a dot with its specific personality type would interact with the objects around it. Its answers will be how Dots respond in the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n According to Niantic, the use of AI will enable the game to make greater use of underused animation assets, ones that the developers had a difficult time programming situations to use them for. \u201cThanks to the new system leveraging generative AI, those animations are now part of a much greater number of possible reactions,\u201d Niantic said in its press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n