IBM trained an AI to help humans create new fragrances

IBM has trained an AI to help humans develop new fragrances for perfumes and other products. The system is called Philyra, and it involves machine learning algorithms that find new combinations of scents to produce novel fragrances. According to IBM, its AI can comb through existing combinations to spot "whitespaces" in which entirely new formulas can be formed. IBM named its AI after the Greek goddess of fragrance and created it to augment the work of human experts. The system is able to sift through hundreds of thousands of formulas, as well as thousands of raw fragrance materials, according to the company.