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NYC, Nation's Largest School System, Bans AI for Students Through 8th Grade

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 applies to all software that uses student-facing generative AI for students through eighth grade, and the mayor's office described it as the most expansive prohibition in the country.

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NYC, Nation's Largest School System, Bans AI for Students Through 8th Grade
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AI Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Hall described the policy as the most expansive prohibition in the country.

NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2026 (AP) — 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 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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