Anti-Mamdani Video Reveals Proliferation of AI Deepfakes

When Greg Abbott made an AI-generated video warning what a Zohran Mamdani mayoralty would look like in New York City, he was surprised at how quickly it spread online.

- BY KEVIN T. DUGAN AND CAITLIN OSTROFF

The three-minute video, which went live in September, showed Mamdani dancing while the city burned. The Wall Street bull got demolished by a rocket. All this was set to a modified version of Frank Sinatra's signature song. "Imagine North Korea wit