Mamdani Says Feds Have Abdicated on AI, Urges New Yorkers to Push Back

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the federal government has "completely abdicated" on AI regulation and urged New Yorkers to resist the idea that AI's arrival is inevitable. Speaking at the AI Now Institute's People's AI Assembly, he pointed to his ban on AI in elementary and middle schools and a policy requiring disclosure of AI-generated real estate listing images.