Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani faces allegations of using artificial intelligence to simulate Spanish fluency in a campaign ad. Assemblyman Jake Blumencranz initiated a formal complaint after analyzing Mamdani's speech, explaining that characteristics of the audio suggest it is not natural. Despite this, Mamdani dismissed the accusations humorously and released a blooper reel of his attempts at speaking Spanish. While AI use is permissible in campaign ads with disclaimers, the controversy raises questions about authenticity in political messaging.
"First ten seconds in Spanish language ad shows smoothness across frequencies that is uncharacteristic of natural speech, suggesting use of AI, not human."
"Only a Long Island Republican would think something that's genuinely NY is actually AI," Mamdani laughed off the claims.
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