Influencer couple miss flight after ChatGPT advice: How a small mistake turned their dream vacation into a nightmare

Time of India

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The bags were packed and they were all set to go to their dreamy trip to Puerto Rico. But the young influencer couple were barred from boarding their flight to Puerto Rico after ChatGPT gave them the wrong visa information to enter the Caribbean Island. Yes, you read that right!
The couple has now gone viral after they missed their flight to Puerto Rico- thanks, they claim, to a visa mix-up caused by Chatgpt. In a video shared by the Spanish tourists on social media, TikToker Mery Caldass- a content creator who boasts of 100,000 followers can be seen crying, roaming the airport as her boyfriend, Alejandro Cid, tries to console her. The video has garnered over 13,000 views on TikTok.
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Influencers blame ChatGPT for ruining a dream vacation
'Look, I always do a lot of research, but I asked ChatGPT and they said no,' Caldass, speaking Spanish, tearfully explains, referring to whether the couple was required to obtain a visa to visit Puerto Rico.
In the video, Mery can be seen sobbing, tears streaming and explaining in frustration, "'I always do tons of research, but I asked ChatGPT and it said no visa was needed.' However, if they had checked official government sites, they would have learned that while Spanish citizens don't need a visa, they do need an ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization).
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But the couple, unfortunately, relied on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to plan their vacation without fact-checking it. Adding some comic relief to her meltdown, Caldass accused ChatGPT of holding a grudge.
'I don't trust that one anymore because sometimes I insult him. I call him a bastard, you're useless, but inform me well … that's his revenge.'
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How social media reacted
The clip lit the internet. While some users have applauded her ability to find humor amid her devastation, others were less forgiving. 'Well, natural selection, I guess,' wrote one unimpressed commenter. 'If you are going to take a transoceanic trip and you put all your advice in ChatGPT, little has happened to you.'
Another added, 'But who trusts ChatGPT for those types of situations?' To be fair to the AI, some commenters defended ChatGPT, pointing out that the couple may have simply asked the wrong question — they didn't need a visa, but they never asked about an ESTA.
The pair eventually made it to the island to catch a show by one of their favorite artists, Bad Bunny.
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Caldass and Cid's travel tragedy follows hot on the heels of other AI horror stories. Dangerous advice from ChatGPT recently landed a 60-year-old man in the hospital with hallucinations, instructed 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, and sabotaged women by advising them to ask for lower salaries.
A man trying to cut out salt from his diet learned the hard way that ChatGPT isn't to be trusted with medical advice after the OpenAI chatbot's toxic suggestions landed him in the hospital.
As described in a new paper published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, a 60-year-old man ended up coming down with an all-but-defunct condition known as "bromism" after ChatGPT suggested he replace sodium chloride, which is better known as table salt, with sodium bromide, a substance used in pesticides, pool and hot tub cleaners, and as a canine anticonvulsant.