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NYC Bans AI for 600,000 Students Through 8th Grade
- 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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Nation’s largest school district bans AI in the classroom through 8th grade
New York City is banning the use of generative artificial intelligence for public school students from 2K through 8th grade, part of a larger move to restrict classroom technology in the nation’s largest school district.
·Atlanta, United States
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AI gets a timeout: Mamdani puts one-year moratorium on generative AI for younger NYC students
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that the nation’s largest public school system will impose a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative artificial intelligence (AI) from 2-K through eighth grade, while experimenting with a small group of vetted AI tools in high schools. The decision to keep the technology off-limits to most of the city's public…
·New York, United States
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