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Elderly couple duped by AI-generated cable car video
KUALA LUMPUR: A misleading video generated through artificial intelligence (AI) promoting a non-existent cable car in Kuak Hulu has caused an elderly couple from Kuala Lumpur to travel all the way to Perak, only to be disappointed upon arrival.
In a viral post shared by Threads user @dyaaaaaaa._ on, she recounted her shock after being approached by the couple who had checked into a local hotel and asked about the supposed cable car attraction.
"At first I thought they were joking when they asked if I had been on the cable car.
"They told me they came all the way from KL just for it. I was stunned," she said.
She then informed the couple that no such attraction existed in Kuak Hulu and that the video they had seen was fake.
"I told them the video was made using AI and it wasn't real. But the elderly woman insisted, saying surely it couldn't be fake as even a reporter appeared in the video."
Despite repeated explanations, the couple remained unconvinced.
"The husband even turned to his wife and asked, 'So what do we do now?' It was heartbreaking," the user wrote.
She added that she asked if they had consulted their children before making the trip, to which the couple replied they were too embarrassed to do so.
The woman also questioned why no one had left comments on the video pointing out it was fake.
"She said she saw the video on Facebook, but I saw it on TikTok," the poster said.
To make matters worse, the elderly woman reportedly threatened to sue the "journalist" in the AI-edited video, believing it was a real broadcast.
"I told her the people in the video aren't real and that they were generated using AI. But she said, 'How could they do this to people?'"
The poster urged others to take greater care when sharing such content and to remind their travelling family members to verify information beforehand.
"Please ask your parents where they're going. Imagine coming all the way from KL to Perak for something that doesn't even exist."
The video in question, still available on TikTok and Facebook, appears to have fooled many due to its convincing visuals and use of fabricated news-style narration.
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