AI Audio Guide
The pilot introduction of the AI-powered smart audio guide by ARTLAS, the next-generation museum experience, is now available at this exhibition. The ARTLAS AI Companion offers each visitor a personalized tour, adapting to their age, interests, preferred language (supporting 20+ languages, including Japanese, English, and Chinese), and available time. It intelligently curates the most relevant artwork commentaries and routes for a uniquely engaging and effortless museum experience. For those who prefer to explore freely, the SnapArt feature allows visitors to simply snap any artwork to instantly unlock its stories at their own pace.
Fee: Free
Produced by: ARTLAS AI
Supervised by: Mori Art Museum
Please scan the QR code below with your device to access/download ARTLAS:
https://artlas.onelink.me/sSvv/lzdczlzq
To Use the AI Audio Guide “ARTLAS”
- Download the app and register for an account on your smartphone or tablet.
- The audio guide is free to use within and near the venue. Please enable location services on your device.
- We recommend using earphones with the audio guide. However, you may also hold your device to your ear to listen, or mute the audio and read the guide text only.
- On Android devices, some wireless earphones may not connect to the app. We appreciate your understanding.
About ARTLAS
ARTLAS is an AI companion reimagining how audiences experience art and culture. Created in collaboration with leading museums and cultural institutions worldwide, ARTLAS transforms existing interpretive materials into dynamic, conversational journeys that adapt to each visitor’s curiosity, background, and knowledge level. With a commitment to responsible AI, ARTLAS respectfully rephrases and personalizes institution-approved curatorial texts, preserving each museum’s authentic voice while extending its reach to a global audience. Designed with multilingual capability and accessibility at its core, ARTLAS enables museums to offer truly inclusive, human-centered experiences that resonate across cultures and generations. Its mission is simple yet profound - to make art and culture more accessible, meaningful, and alive for everyone.
Learn more at https://www.artlas.art/
The Partnership with Anthropic
The Mori Art Museum has extended a long-term partnership with the AI research and development company, Anthropic. For the Roppongi Crossing 2025 exhibition, Anthropic is providing technical support via its frontier AI model Claude for the creation of A.A.Murakami’s The Moon Under the Water and Kihara Tomo’s What Plays You?—Game of Possible Lives. Moving forward, the museum will continue to receive technical support for artists using AI in their creative process who are exhibited at the Mori Art Museum, and plans to sustain collaborations through learning programs and events that reflect Anthropic’s commitment to cultural institutions and the creative community in Japan. Anthropic is also providing technical support for ARTLAS at Mori Art Museum, which is powered by Claude.
About Anthropic
Anthropic is an AI research and development company that creates reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Anthropic’s flagship product is Claude, a large language model trusted by millions of users worldwide.
Learn more about Anthropic and Claude at anthropic.com.
Exhibition Catalogue
In addition to images and commentary on works by the twenty-one participating artists, the exhibition catalogue also features essays by Leonhard Bartholomeus (Curator, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]), Haeju Kim (Senior Curator, Singapore Art Museum), Tokuyama Hirokazu (Senior Curator, Mori Art Museum), and Yahagi Manabu (Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum), as well as a collaborative essay by all curators.
Size: A4 variation (28.2 x 21cm)
Number of Pages: 200 (TBD)
Languages: Japanese and English
Price: 3,850 yen (tax incl.)
Release Date: mid-January 2026 (TBD)
Edited and Written by: Mori Art Museum
Published by: torch press
Available at: * Pre-orders are available at each shops
Mori Art Museum Shop 53 (53rd floor, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Mori Art Museum Shop (3rd floor, Roppongi Hills West Walk)
Mori Art Museum Online Shop
Inquiries: MORI ART MUSEUM SHOP 53
Tel: +81-(0)3-6406-6118
