--- title: Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot we caught telling... description: New York City's new mayor plans to shut down an AI chatbot launched in 2023 that was found to provide illegal advice to businesses, including telling employers... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mamdani-to-kill-the-nyc-ai-chatbot-we-caught-telling-businesses-to-break-the-law-the-markup-md0i4xtrg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot we caught telling businesses to break the law – The Markup | daily.dev og:description: New York City's new mayor plans to shut down an AI chatbot launched in 2023 that was found to provide illegal advice to businesses, including telling employers... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mamdani-to-kill-the-nyc-ai-chatbot-we-caught-telling-businesses-to-break-the-law-the-markup-md0i4xtrg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/md0i4xTrg.png og:image:alt: Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot we caught telling businesses to break the law – The Markup og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot we caught telling businesses to break the law – The Markup **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary New York City's new mayor plans to shut down an AI chatbot launched in 2023 that was found to provide illegal advice to businesses, including telling employers they could take employee tips and landlords could discriminate against tenants. The Microsoft-powered bot, which cost nearly $600,000 to build and around $500,000 annually to maintain, will be terminated as part of efforts to close a $12 billion budget gap. Despite the previous administration's promises to fix the bot after investigative reporting exposed its flaws, it continued providing incorrect information on critical topics like minimum wage and housing policy. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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