India, Feb. 6 -- New York City's mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has publicly slammed the AI-generated images circulating on social media on Wednesday that falsely depicted his mother, Mira Nair, and him as a child alongside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The mayor described seeing the images as "incredibly difficult."

The fake images started circulating online shortly after the Justice Department released millions of documents from the Epstein Files. One of the documents from the new tranche included a 2009 email referring to Mira Nair's attendance at a film screening after-party.

Social media users have since exploited that context and created AI-photos.

The AI-images went viral on various social media platforms where Mamdani and Nai...