Read our Privacy noticeAn AI-generated post on an Australian tour company’s website directed tourists to hot springs that did not exist, leading to unintended visits to a remote Tasmanian town. According to ABC News, the post claimed the attraction featured in a list of “7 Best Hot Springs Tasmania Experiences for 2026” where people would find pools “rich in therapeutic minerals”. But tourists who headed to the “secluded forest retreat” found that the supposedly famed Weldborough Hot Springs did not exist – and were in fact an AI hallucination. There are no hot springs in or around this town, and no such attraction is listed in Tourism Tasmania material or local records. “If you can find these hot springs, beers are on me,” she said she told a group of 24 that had taken a detour to visit the springs.