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Metro
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Elderly couple travel three hours for attraction that doesn't exist
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video An elderly couple were duped by an AI-generated video, driving three hours in hopes of visiting a fake tourist spot. The couple, from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, saw a video advertising 'Kuak Skyride', a fake cable car ride with nearby restaurants. The video showed what appeared to be a female journalist interviewing attendees and boasting about the new attraction. But not all was as it seemed. The entire thing was created with AI, and the couple weren't made aware of that until they arrived at a hotel in Perak and asked staff about it. After hearing that no such place existed, the infuriated woman threatened to sue the journalist in the video, before being told she was also not real. A hotel staff member posted about the couple's experience on social media to warn other families not to fall for the hoax. The fake attraction was advertised on the TV channel 'TV Rakyat', which also doesn't exist, showing beautiful scenes in the forest. The elderly woman reportedly asked the hotel staff: 'Why do they do this to people?' They weren't the only ones to fall for the fake video. Another person claimed their parents paid around £2,000 to rent a van and drive to the attraction before realising it wasn't real. It's the latest trick using AI to scam unwitting people into going places and spending money when they shouldn't. Earlier this year, Martin Lewis issued a warning after some families lost money in a scheme which used his likeness to trick them out of £76,000. Des Healey, a kitchen fitter from Brighton, was tricked into handing over his life savings to a bogus bitcoin investment scheme that did not really exist. He first became aware of the scam in August 2023, after spotting a fake ad on Facebook which used an AI-generated video of Martin Lewis who appeared to be endorsing an investment scheme by Elon Musk. Sharing his story on Good Morning Britain, Des explained how he had been tricked by the fake video. 'If you listen to the voice and look at how the mouth moves, that normally gives it away.' 'But at the time, obviously, I wasn't studying that. I just got Martin Lewis saying that normally he doesn't cover these [investments] but this time, this is such a good thing.' More Trending He added: 'Now I feel how stupid I was, how blind I was. You know, I'm normally the type of person who would tell other people that doesn't sound right, but these people… Someone once described it as being under their spell, and I think that was probably the best term that he could have possibly said. I knew, in a way, something wasn't right, but I hoped that it was okay.' Responding to the story, Martin Lewis said Des was 'brave and admirable' for speaking out and telling his story as 'a warning flag' for others. 'I've spent my entire career trying to help consumers, and these criminals, thieves, organised crime people have perverted my reputation,' he told Des on his BBC Sounds podcast. He said scammers are 'psychologically adept at manipulating us, use huge online and intellectual resources in order to steal our money… falling for scams does not make you a mug – it makes you a victim, but it doesn't make you a mug'. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Musk releases much more powerful Grok 4 and 'thinks it likely' won't lead to the collapse of humanity MORE: Google is reading your WhatsApp messages by default – here's how to stop it MORE: Elon Musk's Grok went rogue and started saying how much it loved Hitler
Deccan Herald
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Deccan Herald
Malaysian couple travels more than 300 km to destination suggested by AI, here's what happened next
In today's world, where artificial intelligence is becoming a bigger part of our lives, it's easy to get tricked by what seems real but isn't, especially when it comes to online videos. A Malaysian couple recently learned this the hard way after they traveled over 300 kilometers believing an AI-generated video. They only discovered that their dream vacation spot didn't exist and was merely an AI-generated couple had come across a video on social media showcasing an exciting cable car ride, the "Kuak Skyride," in the quiet town of Kuak Hulu. Note: The video is an AI-generated posted on TikTok, the video appeared to be a legitimate news story featuring a local TV anchor exploring the destination and interacting with video appeared complete with fabricated details and even a mock map suggesting how to navigate the location. The video was convincing enough to prompt the elderly couple to plan a trip hundreds of kilometres away. In the nearly three-minute clip, a journalist from the fictional "TV Rakyat" network featured the cable car confusion came to fore when the couple checked into a hotel in Gerik, Perak, and asked a worker if she had visited the "Kuak Hulu cable car" they came across in the AI-genertaed employee, surprised, recalled the interaction while speaking to The Straits Times. "They came to check into the hotel and asked if I had ridden the cable car at Kuak Hulu. I thought they were just kidding,' she said.
South China Morning Post
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Malaysia couple travel hours to tour site after watching AI-created video, unaware it's unreal
A Malaysian couple travelled for three hours from Kuala Lumpur to the country's state of Perak to visit a tourist spot that exists only in an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video. On June 30, a member of staff at a hotel in Perak state posted on social media that an elderly couple checked in and asked her about a scenic cable car that runs locally. The staff member who uses the name @dyaaaaaaa._ said she thought they were joking and told them the cable car attraction did not exist. She told them there was nothing to see in the quiet town. The artificial intelligence-generated 'journalist' reports from her unreal broadcast van. Photo: Facebook/Nurul Afzarina Mokhtar Apparently, the couple did not believe her and said they saw a video online that features a television host experiencing the service herself and interviewing people about their journeys. The woman staff member explained that what they saw was an AI-generated video. The video, which has now been taken down reportedly due to the controversy and reports from users, shows a glamorous female host with a channel called 'TV Rakyat' reporting about the fun tram ride, Kuak Skyride, located in the town of Kuak Hulu in Perak. The host takes the ride and enjoys the forests and mountains.
