Google has made an AI that can identify smells TheINQUIRER

GOOGLE'S ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE has got no nose. Using a data set of close to 5,000 molecules identified by perfumers. In a new paper from the Google Brain Team, the researchers explained the process. In short, perfumers labelled molecules with phrases like "buttery" and "tropical", and trained the algorithm with around two-thirds of the labelled scents. They then fed the remaining third to the AI unlabeled, and the algorithms successfully guessed how these mystery molecules would smell. This is no mean feat (as distinct from "mean feet", which have their own unique scent).