Gübelin Gem Lab will make its artificial intelligence-powered Gemtelligence system available to external parties by the end of the year.

According to the company’s managing director Daniel Nyfeler, third parties such as other gem labs and large jewellery brands that operate their own labs will be able to use Gemtelligence to interpret data they collect on their stones.

“We are already speaking to some select laboratories that are keen to partner with us on this,” he disclosed. “Towards the end of this year, the technology to grant externals access to Gemtelligence should be ready, and third parties can start profiting from the knowledge and expertise contained in the system.” 

This will be a unique opportunity for gem labs that lack the privilege of a complete reference stone collection, making them less dependent on the knowledge of human experts, Nyfeler continued.

Powered by AI, Gemtelligence can determine the country of origin of rubies, blue sapphires and emeralds as well as differentiate between heated and unheated rubies and blue sapphires. It was trained on the Gübelin Reference Stone Collection of over 30,000 gemstones as well as a carefully curated selection of client stones received over the lab’s 100-plus years of operations. 

Gübelin Gem Lab continually expands and updates its database with stones from its fieldtrips, the most recent ones being to Tanzania, Vietnam, Pakistan and Madagascar. Moreover, a collection of over 1,800 reference samples from its former head of Research Dietmar Schwarz has been added to Gemtelligence’s training data. 

Companies using the Gemtelligence service can decide whether to disclose their partnership with Gübelin Gem Lab, Nyfeler added.