Coca-Cola's New AI-Generated Soda Flavor Flops, Fails to Live Up to Futuristic Hype

Coca-Cola released a new AI-generated soda flavor called Y3000 that aims to taste like the future
The new flavor falls completely flat with an indistinct berry/sugar aftertaste that lacks novelty
Reviewers found the flavor bland and disappointing, not living up to the hype
Y3000 seems to be just a gimmick using AI buzzwords without an actually innovative or tasty formula
An AR experience scans photos to generate glossy augmented reality images, but it's just more hype without substance

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