Japanese bakery Kimuraya collaborates with NEC Corp to create 'Ren AI Pan' or 'AI Romance Bread' using AI to analyze emotions of love.

The bread comes in five flavors, each corresponding to a stage of romance: first encounter, first date, jealousy, heartbreak, and mutual love.

AI technology analyzed data from dating shows and songs to determine key romantic feelings, which influenced the bread's flavors.

The flavored bread launched in Japan's Kanto area on February 1, 2024, targeting younger customers with the theme of love and romance.

Ingredients were chosen to represent emotions, with examples like cotton candy for 'Fateful Encounter' and purple sweet potatoes for 'Jealousy.'

Despite AI's role in creating the bread concepts, human input was essential in ingredient selection and bread design.