Man Behind Website Listing Fake Halloween Parade Says Post Was a Mistake [Video]

The man behind the viral AI website that listed a fake Halloween parade leading to thousands of people gathering along the streets of Dublin on Thursday, Oct. 31, says it was “just a mistake.”

Nazir Ali, owner of the website MySpiritHalloween.com, told Wired in an interview published on Nov. 1 that “this was just a mistake” and insisted he and others who work on the site are not scammers.

He admitted that ChatGPT was used to help them write the article in question, but not in its entirety. He claimed artificial intelligence was involved in about 10 to 20 % of the article’s development, while “we were 80 % involved.”

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“We apologize to our Irish brothers,” Ali told the outlet. “We are highly disappointed, highly embarrassed, and honestly, we are …