'Dinosaur tartare' and holograms: Dubai AI chef sparks awe and ire

A Dubai restaurant has opened that prides itself on having the world’s “first AI chef”, the latest ostentatious dive into new technology in a city obsessed with being on the cutting edge of the future.

- Agence France-Presse

A waitress at the restaurant in Dubai.

(AFP)

The Emirati city has become increasingly known for its growing culinary scene, with thousands of restaurants on offer from luxurious Michelin-starred eateries to greasy spoons serving up bona fide street food from across the Middle East and Asia.

But at Woohoo, the brains behind the menu is not a person but an Al programme -- known as chef Aiman -- trained on thousands of recipes and decades of culinary research and molecular gastronomy.