Wrong Gone AI AI

  • Made it up

    A Tasmania Tours article listed the Weldborough Hot Springs among the seven best in the state, with generated photographs of them. Weldborough is a former tin mining village in Tasmania's northeast and has never had hot springs. The piece went up in July 2025 and drew a steady stream of people over the following six months, including a group of 24 drivers who detoured from the mainland; the nearest thing to the springs is a cold river. The operator's own words are the quote, and the site carried other generated destination posts alongside it. Most fabrications on this page are caught by a reader who knows the subject. This one was published for people who by definition do not know the place, and the cost of checking it was a day's drive.

    Scott Hennessey, Australian Tours and Cruises, in abc.net.au

    our AI has messed up completely

    cnn.com AI on Australian travel company website sends tourists to nonexistent hot springs

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