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Purportedly AI-Generated Travel Information Reportedly Misled Tourists into Seeking Nonexistent 'Sacred Canyon of Humantay' in Peru
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In brief
An AI system built by Openai, Large Language Model Developers and 1 other and deployed by Travelers, Tourists Seeking The Supposed Sacred Canyon Of Humantay and 2 others allegedly harmed Travelers, Tourists and 4 others.
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- Not classified
- Occurred
- Coverage
- 4 reports
What happened
Two tourists in Peru reportedly relied on AI-generated travel information describing a nonexistent destination called the "Sacred Canyon of Humantay." One tourist had paid nearly $160 to reach a rural road near Mollepata without a guide or actual destination. Trek operator Miguel Ángel Góngora Meza intervened after seeing the purportedly AI-generated itinerary and warned that such misinformation could expose travelers to serious risks in high-altitude Andean terrain.
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News reports (4)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Travelers, Tourists Seeking The Supposed Sacred Canyon Of Humantay, Tourists, Chatbot Users
- Alleged developer
- Openai, Large Language Model Developers, Chatbot Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Travelers, Tourists, Openai Users, Epistemic Integrity, Consumers, Chatbot Users
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Source record: incident #1636 on the AI Incident Database · all 4 reports