New York City council member-elect used AI to answer questions
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6H81F)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Susan Zhuang, a Democrat who will soon represent the 43rd Council District in Brooklyn, New York, admitted to using AI when answering questions from a local news publication, according to a report by the New York Post. In a text message sent to the Post, Zhuang wrote that she uses AI as a tool to help foster deeper understanding" because English is not her first language.
The responses in question were included in an article from City & State, which asked local council member-elects to fill out a questionnaire about their personal interests and policies. However, the Post noticed something was off with Zhuang's answer to the question, What makes someone a New Yorker?":
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