AI Endangering Tourists by Sending Them to Nonexistent Landmarks in Hazardous Locations
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AI travel planning tools are putting tourists in dangerous situations by recommending nonexistent landmarks in hazardous locations, including two hikers who searched for a fictitious "Sacred Canyon" in Peru's high-altitude Andes Mountains. With 24 percent of travelers now using AI for trip planning, these hallucinated destinations are creating serious safety risks in remote areas with extreme weather and poor accessibility.
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