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 ...

Who is the real Bill de Blasio? Two men with same name meet after mix up

CNN’s Erin Burnett speaks with former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Bill DeBlasio, the man who spoofed a British ...
The Times of Israel on MSN

Ex-NY mayor Bill de Blasio meets Bill DeBlasio after Mamdani mix-up

Times of London reporter publishes explosive interview about mayoral candidate, finds out he interviewed the wrong de Blasio ...

Bill de Blasio imposter dupes paper to pan protégé Zohran Mamdani’s policy platform: ‘Story is entirely false and fabricated’

Bill de Blasio, a top cheerleader for the far-left Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, has reversed course on the mayoral ...

British newspaper spoke to the wrong de Blasio, not an 'imposter'

The man at the heart of a high-stakes political mixup that rippled through global political journalism in the final days of ...
New York Magazine on MSN

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 ...

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 ...

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

A senior The Times of London editor has bemoaned the damage inflicted on the newspaper's reputation over a botched Bill de Blasio interview.

De Blasio and His Doppelgänger Clear Up Mix-Up Over Mamdani

Bill DeBlasio from Long Island said he was often confused for Bill de Blasio from Park Slope, the 109th mayor of New York ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...