NYC Mayor Mamdani urges residents to resist AI inevitability, demand regulation

At an event hosted by the AI Now Institute, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani said AI's takeover of jobs and classrooms is not inevitable and residents should demand accountability from AI companies. He has already banned AI in elementary and middle schools and required real estate platforms to disclose AI-generated listing images, as cities act amid limited federal regulation.

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