ChatGPT Bill de Blasio Is a Sign of Things to Come

There are at least two Bill de Blasios in New York. But when a reporter for a British newspaper recently emailed one of them to get quotes for an article about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, he got the wrong one. The non-famous DeBlasio (who spells his name “DeBlasio,” not “de Blasio”) responded, reportedly using ChatGPT to make himself sound more like the former mayor. And that set off a chain of events that resulted in an article being pulled and raises questions…