Glasgow 'Willy's Chocolate Experience' Sold Tickets With AI-Generated Images of a Magical Wonderland — Families Arrived to Find a Warehouse, 2 Candy Canes, and an Actor Playing 'The Unknown'

In Feb 2024, an AI-slop marketing agency sold £35 tickets to Glasgow's 'Willy's Chocolate Experience' using stunning Midjourney images of magical chocolate rivers, candy forests, and oompa-loompas. Families who arrived found: a half-empty warehouse, two plastic candy canes, a jumpy castle, one jellybean per child, and an actor in a silver jumpsuit improvising as 'The Unknown'. Parents called the police. The event was shut down after one session. The AI-generated marketing copy was similarly nonsensical: 'Catgacating', 'Exarserdray Lollipops', 'a pasadise of sweet teats'.