Dubai, July 11 -- In a world's first, Dubai is set to launch a restaurant operated by an artificial intelligence (AI) chef, blending technology with fine dining.

WOOHOO, scheduled to open this September at Kempinski The Boulevard with views of the Burj Khalifa, will be led by Chef Aiman, an AI-based culinary model developed by United Arab Emirates (UAE) startup UMAI.

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Trained on decades of food science research and thousands of global recipes, Chef Aiman is programmed to analyse ingredients and culinary elements-such as acidity, texture, and umami-to create unique dish concepts, according to WOOHOO co-founder Ahmet Oytun Cakir, as quoted by Reuters.

However, human chefs remain an integral part of the process. As pe...