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’

In a world full of online impersonators, deepfakes, trading scams, ChatGPT writing essays, and AI-curated images, a growing ...

De Blasio Impersonator Tricks British Newspaper With Fake Criticism of Mamdani

The Times of London briefly ran an article with quotes from someone who the paper said had falsely claimed to be the former ...

ChatGPT-Composed Bill De Blasio Interview Was "Humiliating", Times Of London Associate Editor Tells Newsroom

EXCLUSIVE: A senior figure at The Times of London has bemoaned the damage done to the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper’s ...

Times of London Editor Calls de Blasio Mishap ‘Humiliating’ in Email to Staff

A Times of London editor called a reporter being duped by a fake Bill de Blasio "humiliating" for the company in an email to ...

Newspaper removes interview with Bill de Blasio after former NYC mayor says the quotes were 'fabricated'

The Times of London published quotes attributed to de Blasio that were critical of Democratic New York City mayoral nominee ...

Bill de Blasio says Times of London Mamdani story ‘false and fabricated’

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said a Times of London newspaper story in which he was reported to discuss New ...

Times of London Apologizes for Fake Bill de Blasio Interview Criticizing Zohran Mamdani

The Times of London apologized on Tuesday after it ran — and retracted — an interview with a person impersonating former New ...

A London reporter wanted to interview former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio. Wine importer Bill DeBlasio answered.

It was DeBlasio's email address, bearing his full name, that got his opinion of Mamdani onto the pages of The Times of London ...

ChatGPT Bill de Blasio Is a Sign of Things to Come

The de Blasio "impersonator" was profiled in 2020. But he didn't have AI back then. There are at least two Bill de Blasios in ...
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A Reporter Misstook ‘Bill DeBlasio’ for Bill de Blasio

The Times of London was forced to retract an article after it ran quotes from a person falsely claiming to be former mayor ...

The other Bill DeBlasio explains Times of London screwup: ‘It was all in good fun’

A man who was mistaken by a reporter for the Times of London to be former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) gave details this week on how a story came to be published attributing his quotes ...

Meet Bill DeBlasio, the man a British newspaper confused with ex-NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio

A Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio inadvertently grabbed international headlines this week after he responded to ...