Mamdani denies AI help in multilingual Mandarin, Bengali clips for Broadway giveaway
TL;DR
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team says AI was not used in two videos where he speaks Mandarin and Bengali to promote a Broadway ticket giveaway for high school students, amid online speculation that AI or heavy rehearsal produced the fluent-sounding clips. Native speakers largely praised the pronunciation but questioned authenticity, while the mayor has previously faced scrutiny over multilingual videos in other languages, keeping the controversy alive.
- Mamdani denies using AI in videos speaking Mandarin, Bengali to promote Broadway ticket giveaway New York Post
- Mamdani Speaks Mandarin to Promote Broadway, and Gets Good Reviews The New York Times
- Mayor Mamdani, TDF Announce Thousands of Free and Low-Cost Broadway Tickets for High School Students to Close Out Summer NYC.gov
- NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, TDF announce lottery to give away free Broadway, Off-Broadway tickets to high school students ABC7 New York
- NYC Mayor Mamdani speaks in Bangla, Mandarin, Spanish to promote free Broadway tickets to students Deccan Herald
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