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NYC Schools Ban AI

New York City will bar students through eighth grade from using generative AI in class.

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Updated Sep 2, 7:54pm ET

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI for public school students from 2-K through eighth grade, covering nearly 600,000 children in the nation’s largest school district. The ban applies for the upcoming school year to software that uses generative AI in elementary and middle school classrooms. High school students will still use AI in approved instructional settings and must complete two AI literacy courses each year. The broader policy also restricts laptop access and sets grade-level screen-time limits.

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Aggressive AI RestrictionLeft & Center

New York City’s school AI policy is a sweeping curb on the use of the technology in classrooms. It goes further than most U.S. districts by sharply limiting how students can use AI tools.

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