"Independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo received sharp criticism after his campaign inadvertently launched an AI-generated Criminals for Zohran Mamdani ad on social media during Wednesday night's mayoral debate, which was labeled as racist and Islamophobic. The two-minute ad, aired around 20 minutes after the start of the Oct. 22 debate, was quickly deleted by the Cuomo campaign but drew widespread condemnation from social media users and has been reshared countless times."
"The video begins with an AI-generated Mamdani walking through the streets of New York and eating rice with his bare hands. It goes on to show a number of criminals announcing their support for Mamdani, including a Black man wearing a keffiyeh committing shoplifting and an AI-generated pimp. The ad, which appeared to be an attempt to portray Mamdani as soft on crime, featured a wide range of criminal figures welcoming a Mamdani mayoral administration because it would decriminalize several misdemeanor offenses."
"Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi stated that the video was unfinished and had been uploaded by mistake, noting that the post was deleted within five minutes. Mamdani's campaign has not yet responded to a request for comment. The video was a draft proposal that was neither finished nor approved, did not go through the normal legal process, and was inadvertently posted by a junior staffer which is why it was taken down five minutes later, Azzopardi said in a statement."
An AI-generated two-minute ad portraying Zohran Mamdani as embraced by criminals was inadvertently posted by Andrew Cuomo's campaign during the Oct. 22 mayoral debate and deleted within five minutes. The video showed an AI-generated Mamdani eating rice with his hands and depicted criminal figures—including a Black man wearing a keffiyeh shoplifting, a pimp, a domestic abuser, a drunk driver, and a drug dealer—endorsing Mamdani while suggesting decriminalization of misdemeanors. Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi called the clip an unfinished draft uploaded by a junior staffer that bypassed normal legal review. The post drew widespread condemnation as racist and Islamophobic.
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