NYC Mayor Mamdani to shut down $500K AI chatbot that gave businesses illegal advice on tips, wages, and discrimination after investigative reports exposed costly failures.

Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot we caught telling businesses to break the law – The Markup

The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that delivers our stories and tools directly to your inbox. This article is co-reported with THE CITY, a non-profit newsroom that serves the people of New York. Sign up for its newsletter, The Scoop. In a press conference this week on New York City’s $12 billion budget gap, Mayor Zohran Mamdani zeroed in on ...