OVAM and Wunderman Thompson cook with wat-je-nog-liggen-hadGPT 

Want to turn yesterday’s handful of calamari and half a jar of mascarpone into a meal? Easy-peasy. Wat-je-nog-liggen-hadGPT, a creation by Wunderman Thompson for the Belgian Public Waste Agency (OVAM), cooks up brilliant (sometimes unusual) recipes that mean you’ll never have to throw away your leftovers again. 

Have a look at what’s in your fridge. Did you know that 30% of all that food ends up in the bin? In Flanders, we waste thousands of tons of food every year simply because we buy too much of it, or don't finish what we’ve got. On International Food Waste Day, OVAM is launching Wat-je-nog-liggen-hadGPT: an AI tool that creates recipes to use up your leftovers and overripe, half-eaten, or forgotten ingredients. 

Because they are created entirely by AI, all the recipes are unique and sometimes… slightly unusual. That's what you get from a program that’s long on ideas but short on taste buds. So while a concoction of chocolate and mayonnaise would certainly surprise your dinner guests, OVAM does expect you to use your common sense. Just to be on the safe side, the tool has been trained not to create dishes with burns cream, or other inedible substances that somehow end up in the pantry. 

 But as everyone knows: with AI, you never know for sure. The campaign, which runs on social media and includes influencers testing the tool, comes with a side order of humor and self-deprecation. The main goal is, of course, to inspire people to waste less food themselves. That’s why all clicks lead to dekostwinners.be, a platform created by OVAM and partners that’s full of bite-sized tips, honest information, and fresh motivation to tackle food waste together.

https://watjenogliggenhad.dekostwinners.be

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