Japanese Bakery Creates AI Romance Bread With Flavors Inspired by AI to Encourage Love
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A bakery in Japan, Kimuraya, partnered with NEC Corp to create "Ren AI Pan" or "AI Romance Bread" using AI technology to determine flavors representing feelings of romance.
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NEC's AI analyzed conversations from a Japanese dating show and song lyrics related to love and food to identify 5 key emotions first encounter, first date, jealousy, heartbreak, and mutual love.
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The bakery translated those AI-identified emotions into 5 bread flavors cotton candy, citrus, purple sweet potato, honey peach dragonfruit, and truffle raisin.
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The goal was to evoke feelings of romance through taste to inspire Japanese youth, many of whom are losing interest in relationships, to want love.
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Although AI selected the ingredients, Kimuraya's bakers were still involved in actually making the breads vibrant and visually pop.