💬 Quoted… “People stop me on the street all the time and say, ‘I didn’t know you speak Mandarin.’”

Thanks to a new AI tool, NYC Mayor Eric Adams – who only speaks English – has been able to send thousands of foreign-language robocalls to local residents who speak Spanish, Yiddish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Haitian Creole.

• These multilingual robocalls are part of NYC’s new Artificial Intelligence Action Plan, a first-of-its-kind program that aims to evaluate AI tools, boost AI skills among city employees, and support “responsible implementation of these technologies to improve quality of life for New Yorkers.”

💰⚾ Stat of the Day: NY Mets owner Steve Cohen, whose team missed the playoffs this season, is paying a combined total of $70 million for Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer to pitch for the Astros and Rangers, respectively, in the ongoing American League Championship Series. (Sorry, Mets fans😬.)

🤔 Did You Know?... SPIDER FACT WARNING: There have been a total of zero confirmed deaths due to spider bites in Australia since 1979, after effective antivenoms were developed for the country’s only two poisonous species (funnel-web and redback spiders).

📰 Worth a Read: The secret life of Jimmy Zhong, who stole – and lost – more than $3 billion → (CNBC)