A "Willy Wonka Experience" in Glasgow, promoted using suspected AI art, was so bad that police were called after customers demanded refunds: "This is like Willy Wonka from Temu." ...

Glasgow actor Paul Connell who played Willy Wonka at the “immersive experience” event had to spontaneously transform into the infamous chocolatier reading “15 pages of AI-generated gibberish.” ...

Paul Connell, an actor and stand-up comedian hired to play Willy Wonka at the event in Glasgow, Scotland, told the Independent the script provided was "15 pages of AI-generated gibberish" and ...

The man behind the failed "Willy Wonka's Experience" event in Glasgow, Scotland, which attracted criticism for its AI-generated advertisements, recently broke his silence about the controversy ...

And at the Wonka event, parents soon realized that the slick AI vision hadn't translated into reality either, with a few dingy props and depressed-looking actors serving small portions of candy ...

An ‘immersive’ Willy Wonka kids experience left parents fuming—claiming its misleading ads were the work of AI Now parents are looking for refunds.

Media Parents call out ‘Willy Wonka Experience’ that used AI to sell an underwhelming time: 'Terrible' Parents shut down 'Wily Wonka' experience after calling cops on abysmal event ...

Parents lured to immersive Willy Wonka experience by AI ads show up to near-empty warehouse with no candy By . Elizabeth Karpen. Published Feb. 27, 2024, 10:47 a.m. ET.

But, Smith adds, U.K. regulations mandate that advertising must not materially mislead consumers. “The Willy Wonka Experience debacle only emphasizes the importance of that principle,” he says.

Over the weekend, organizers of what was described as a "Willy Wonka Experience" in Scotland duped unsuspecting parents into bringing their kids to a truly dismal event using clearly AI-generated ...

Just when the Wonka AI controversy couldn't get stranger, an actress who went viral for claiming she played the deranged character says she was joking.

Paul Connell, one of several poor guys who played Wonka, has spoken out and defended his performance, putting it down to being sent “15 pages of AI-generated gibberish” ahead of time.