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AI helps recreate endangered plant scents, but conservation impact debated

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AI is being leveraged by companies like Osmo and BioHarvest Sciences to recreate the scents of endangered plants and valuable natural ingredients. Osmo uses AI to predict and reconstruct molecular formulas for scents, enabling the reproduction of smells from rare or extinct species. BioHarvest Sciences is developing cell cultures to produce compounds from endangered plants without harvesting them. While these technologies aim to reduce pressure on natural resources, some conservationists and perfumers argue that synthetic recreations do not equate to genuine conservation and may not alleviate the demand for original, wild-sourced materials. AI

IMPACT AI-driven scent recreation could reduce reliance on endangered natural resources, but its conservation impact is debated.

RANK_REASON AI-driven product development for scent recreation, not a frontier release or core research.

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AI helps recreate endangered plant scents, but conservation impact debated

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  1. The Guardian — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Amelia Hill ·

    Remaking scents: could fragrance tech help take pressure off endangered plants?

    <p>Firms working on reproducing compounds without need for repeated harvesting but conservationists are sceptical</p><p>Many of the world’s most expensive perfumes begin with a wounded tree. When some <em>Aquilaria</em> trees are damaged, they produce a dark, fragrant resin that …

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