Purportedly AI-Generated Video Reportedly Misled Elderly Malaysian Couple Into Traveling to Nonexistent Cable Car Attraction
An elderly couple from Kuala Lumpur reportedly 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.
- Date it happened
- 2025-06-30
- Organisation involved
- TV Rakyat, Synthetic media creators, Information manipulation actors in Malaysia, Information manipulation actors, Content creators
- Product, system or model
- Veo 3, Veo, TikTok, Synthetic video generation technology, Synthetic media generation technology, Social media platforms, Facebook
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