"Throughout his run, Cuomo has used AI slop in attack ads every bit as disgraceful as the worst of Trump's Truth Social feed, while flirting with the kind of fearmongering and bigotry that have colored Trump's entire political career. It's a questionable choice in a campaign filled with questionable choices. The former governor's closing argument seems destined to be clarifying for any voters still on the fence-just not in the way he hopes."
"While Mamdani made a splash throughout the primary by campaigning heavily, cutting social-ready videos, and hammering a message of affordability, Cuomo appeared to sleepwalk through the race. He held relatively few events, didn't speak to many reporters, and clung to an outdated message of public safety. In April, he released a 29-page, typo-ridden housing plan with a footnote referencing ChatGPT. (In response, the campaign claimed they only used ChatGPT for research, leaving them open to charges of outsourcing important policy to AI.)"
"It was as if Cuomo hoped name recognition and a foggy collective memory around why he left the governor's office would propel him to victory. He certainly seemed surprised when it turned out New Yorkers might indeed harbor some reservations about a candidate tainted by more than a dozen credible sexual harassment allegations and a peak COVID-era nursing home scandal. Clearly, he needed to try something new."
Andrew Cuomo launched an independent mayoral bid in June with a video mimicking Zohran Mamdani and then adopted cues from President Donald Trump. The campaign used AI-generated attack ads and rhetoric linked to fearmongering and bigotry. Cuomo held few events, spoke to few reporters, and emphasized an outdated public safety message. In April he released a 29-page, typo-ridden housing plan that referenced ChatGPT, with the campaign saying it was used only for research. Voter reservations persisted because of more than a dozen credible sexual harassment allegations and a COVID-era nursing home scandal. The general-election playbook leaned on AI videos designed to stoke fear.
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