AI-generated ‘Baling-Pengkalan Hulu cable car’ dupes KL couple into 300km trip, officials explain viral news clip is fake

BALING, July 4 --- Authorities have dismissed a viral video claiming the existence of a cable car linking Pengkalan Hulu in Perak to Baling in Kedah, saying it was generated using artificial intelligence (AI). Sinar Harian quoted Baling Di ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1634#7705)

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