NYC Mayor to Terminate AI Chatbot That Gave Businesses Illegal Advice
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Summary
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced plans to terminate the city's AI chatbot, which was found to be providing businesses with illegal advice, including telling them to break wage laws and violate tenant rights. The chatbot, launched by the previous administration, was described as 'unusable' and its termination is part of efforts to close a $12 billion budget gap. The article details how the chatbot gave harmful advice to small businesses and how its flaws were exposed through testing by journalists.
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The chatbot was found to be providing businesses with illegal advice, including telling them to break wage laws and violate tenant rights
Mamdani described the chatbot as 'unusable' and said its termination would help close the city's $12 billion budget gap
The chatbot's flaws were exposed through testing by journalists who found it gave harmful advice to small businesses
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