NYC Bans AI for 600,000 Students Through 8th Grade
The policy covers nearly 600,000 students and limits screen time and teacher use as officials review AI safeguards before wider classroom adoption.
- On Wednesday, New York City officials released a policy banning student-facing artificial intelligence for preschool through 8th grade, affecting nearly 600,000 children across the New York City Public School system.
- Intense pressure from parents and teachers forced the Education Department to delay its comprehensive AI policy by two months; Chancellor Kamar Samuels acknowledged in May that earlier guidance 'missed the mark' on student safeguards.
- The mandate prohibits laptops in classrooms for preschool through 2nd grade, while recommending no more than 30 minutes of device use for 3rd through 5th grade and 45 minutes for 6th through 8th grade students.
- High schoolers will have 'restricted' AI access, permitted only for 'AI literacy' and 'career readiness' or within five approved pilot programs at select schools, according to the slides.
- The policy includes exceptions for assistive technology, reading and math assessments, and instructional programs like coding or robotics, as the city establishes a task force to oversee implementation.
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This ban on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) lasts one year and should affect about 600,000 students in the city of New York's public education network, out of a total of one million students, Deutsche Welle estimates.
New York public schools will ban, during a school year, the use of artificial generative intelligence tools by students up to grade 8. The measure covers generative AI programs intended for students and still prevents the use of company chatbots at all levels of education.
For children from 7 to 14 years of age in the largest US city in the new school year, the use of AI in teaching falls away. Instead, Mayor Mamdani relies on "real" teachers.
New York City, the largest school district in the United States, has issued a policy to stop using artificial intelligence tools for 1 year for infants, elementary, and middle school students in public schools and limit the time they use digital devices before returning to school. According to reports such as Reuters and AP (Associated Press), on the 2nd (local time), New York Mayor Joran Mamdani and New York City Superintendent Kamar Samuel
New York City prohibits primary and middle school students from using generative AI for one year. Limited pilot programmes are provided for older students.
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