NYC Mayor Eric Adams sparked concern over AI-generated robocalls that use his voice to promote events in Spanish and other languages that Adams doesn’t actually speak.
Thanks to artificial intelligence tools, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has sent a barrage of robocalls to residents in languages he doesn’t speak. That includes “thousands” of robocalls in Spanish, more than 250 in Yiddish, more than 160 in Mandarin, 89 in Cantonese, and 23 in Haitian Creole, The City reports. That’s triggered pushback over how ethical it is for Adams to portray himself to potential voters as someone who speaks their native language when he actually doesn’t.
For now, though, the city just has a new tool called MyCityChatbot that uses Microsoft Azure AI to answer questions about how to start a new business. Adams was also eager to talk about the robocalls his office has already made in other languages. “I was excited when I had my voice go over the phone to a person who speaks Mandarin, and they were able to hear their mayor speak to them in their language,” he said in the press conference.
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