Chaos in Dublin as thousands turn up for AI ‘hoax’ Halloween parade that didn’t exist

Orientul Mijlociu

Thousands of people lined the streets of Dublin eagerly anticipating a Halloween Parade through the city centre - but it never arrived. The decked-out Dubliners had been tricked by a listing on a AI-generated website based in Pakistan that announced the spooky festival before news of it quickly spread online. The My Spirit Halloween website falsely advertised the Macnas Halloween Parade would take place from 7pm to 9pm, with interest in it seeing the news ranking on Google. But when thousands