AI banned for elementary, middle school students in NYC
NEW YORK — New York City’s public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using generative artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday. The one-year moratorium — part of a broader assessment of how children in the nation’s largest school system interact with the technology — will apply to “all software…
The New York City public school system has announced a temporary ban on the use of generative artificial intelligence tools for elementary and middle school students during the upcoming school year. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the one-year moratorium, which will apply to all software utilizing student-facing generative AI for students through eighth grade, describing it as the most extensive prohibition of its kind in the country.
In response to this ban, the city will introduce twice-yearly AI literacy classes for all public high school students and pilot programs that allow some high school students to use AI platforms under educator supervision. The decision comes as schools nationwide grapple with the integration of AI tools in the classroom and the need to educate students on responsible usage.
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