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Zohran Mamdani, Bill de Blasio deepfake (Oct 2025)
Andrew Cuomo's campaign created and briefly released an AI-generated video depicting Zohran Mamdani with criminals endorsing him. The video was criticized for racism. Cuomo's campaign blamed a junior staffer for…
- Incident date
- Oct 2025
- Target
- Zohran Mamdani, Bill de Blasio
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Andrew Cuomo's campaign created and briefly released an AI-generated video depicting Zohran Mamdani with criminals endorsing him. The video was criticized for racism. Cuomo's campaign blamed a junior staffer for mistakenly posting the unfinished video. A previous video depicted Bill de Blasio as Dr. Evil.