New York mayor says federal AI oversight has been abdicated
Original title: Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back
Mamdani cited a school AI ban and a real-estate disclosure rule while criticizing self-regulation and a China arms-race framing.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani told an AI Now Institute event in Manhattan that rapid AI rollout is not inevitable and that officials should hold AI companies accountable. He said the federal government has abdicated AI law, pointing to President Trump’s Superintelligence Task Force emphasis on company self-regulation rather than new restrictions. Mamdani cited his elementary and middle school AI ban and a policy requiring landlords, brokers, and platforms to disclose AI-made listing photos or videos. He also referenced officials telling Bloomberg that overreliance on AI targeting was one factor in a February US military strike on a school in Iran.
Unconfirmed: The claim that AI targeting contributed to the Iran strike rests on officials speaking to Bloomberg, not a published finding.
- The school ban covers elementary and middle schools.
- The listing policy targets misleading AI photos and videos, which he called house-phishing.
- Anthropic is expected to go public this year and OpenAI has said 2027.
- Mamdani said national AI debate is often framed as an arms race with China.
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- AI Now Institute
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- United StatesChinaIran
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday night that New Yorkers must resist the narrative that an AI takeover is inevitable and demand regulations that protect the public and put power back in their hands.
By Rebecca Bellan · techcrunch.com
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