L’Oréal and IBM: AI-Powered Beauty

About this episode

Malcolm Gladwell explores the AI partnership between L'Oréal and IBM and its impact on the beauty industry.

This week, the show takes you behind the scenes at L'Oréal’s research center in New Jersey. Malcolm Gladwell delves into the complexities of cosmetic formulation and the AI partnership with IBM. Learn how AI is poised to revolutionize the creation of beauty products, to make them even more sustainable and innovative. This is a paid advertisement from IBM. The conversations on this podcast don't necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions. Visit us at  https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/smart-talks See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Malcolm Gladwell

Topics covered

• AI in beauty
• cosmetic formulation
• sustainability
• innovation
• technology partnership

Keywords

• AI
• beauty products
• L'Oréal
• IBM
• sustainability
• innovation
• cosmetics
• technology

Sponsors

IBM

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: L'Oréal

Places: New Jersey

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