YouTube Description:
What happens when AI is applied not to gadgets or chatbots, but to shampoo, soap, and dishwashing liquid?
In this conversation, Neil C. Hughes sits down with Alberto Prado, Head of Digital and Partnerships for R&D at Unilever, to uncover how the company is embedding artificial intelligence across more than 400 projects — from microbiome research and bio-based ingredients to digital testing and materials innovation.
Alberto shares how Unilever is using AI and high-performance computing to accelerate scientific discovery at scale, replacing fossil fuel-based surfactants with sustainable enzymes, and driving product performance without compromising on ethics or safety. But as he explains, technology alone isn’t enough. True innovation only happens when AI works hand-in-hand with deep human expertise.