Purportedly AI-Generated Video Reportedly Misled Elderly Malaysian Couple Into Traveling to Nonexistent Cable Car Attraction

June 30, 2025

An elderly couple from Kuala Lumpur drove three hours to Kuak Hulu, Perak, on June 30, 2025, after viewing a purportedly Google Veo 3-generated video depicting a nonexistent cable car attraction called the Kuak Skyride. Published on TikTok by "TV Rakyat," the video featured a synthetic reporter and purported visitors. The couple learned after arriving that the attraction did not exist… through contributors—JOIN US—to learn more.

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Alleged deployer: tv-rakyat, synthetic-media-creators, information-manipulation-actors-in-malaysia, information-manipulation-actors, content-creators
Alleged developer: synthetic-video-generation-technology-developers, synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers, google
Alleged harmed parties: travelers, tourists, tiktok-users, social-media-users, facebook-users, epistemic-integrity, elderly-individuals-in-malaysia, elderly-individuals, consumers

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