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 ...

Mayor Bill de Blasio meets Bill DeBlasio after newspaper snafu: ‘I’m upset this guy is better looking than me’

Former Mayor Bill de Blasio and Long Island resident Bill DeBlasio meet for the first time and talk to CNN’s Erin Burnett ...

Newspaper pulls de Blasio interview after he says the quotes were ‘fabricated'

The Times of London published quotes attributed to de Blasio that were critical of mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, whom the ...

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 ...

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.
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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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 an email meant for another man with a similar name: former New York City ...