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September 3, 2026

Nation's largest school system bans AI through 8th grade

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
Associated Press

NEW YORK — New York City's public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using 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 that uses student-facing generative AI” for students through eighth grade, the mayor's office said. It described the policy as the most expansive prohibition in the country.


 
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