I spoke to Bill de Blasio about being cloned—and what public figures can do when AI fakes strike: 'All you can do is go online and deny what it is'

Former Mayor Bill de Blasio (Credit: Pier Marco Tacca-Getty Images)

In the age of AI, reality could be rewritten overnight. One day, you’re publicly supporting one of your favorite mayoral candidates—the next, an AI-generated quote states the opposite. 

That situation happened to former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio (important distinction the d is lower case not uppercase). Days leading up to the New York City mayor’s race, a reporter from The Times of London sent an email to what he thought was Bill de Blasio on his thoughts on Zohran Mamdani’s policies, who is a democrat leading in the race.