{"slug": "nyc-nation-s-largest-school-system-bans-ai-for-students-through-8th-grade", "title": "NYC, Nation's Largest School System, Bans AI for Students Through 8th Grade", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "[AI](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tag/ai/)\n\n# NYC, Nation's Largest School System, Bans AI for Students Through 8th Grade\n\nMayor Zohran Mamdani and City Hall described the policy as the most expansive prohibition in the country.\n\nNEW 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.\n\nThe one-year moratorium — part of a broader assessment of how children in the nation’s largest school system interact with [the technology](https://apnews.com/article/ai-literacy-schools-education-4fb9f2c0240993499870f4f204bf41c1?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) — 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.\n\nCEO Jensen Huang confirmed the long-rumored sale in a Thursday blog post, and that Nvidia will keep Hugging Face as an open platform\n\nThe country is positioning itself as Africa's main data hub, attracting global tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft.\n\nState officials were glad to secure coverage for more locations but had mixed feelings about a new policy notice\n\nSpaceX wants the agency to shutter its High Cost fund\n\nAmerica250 / Telecom150\n\nBe part of the broadband community.\n\nBreakfast Club access through December 31, 2026—at least three months—with no automatic renewal.\n\nEverything in Breakfast Club, plus an in-person seat for “250 Years of American Independence & 150 Years of American Telecommunications” on Thursday, October 1, 2026.\n\nSecure paid checkout is provided by HubSpot. Paid passes DO NOT renew automatically.\n\nComplete your secure one-time payment without leaving Broadband Breakfast.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nyc-nation-s-largest-school-system-bans-ai-for-students-through-8th-grade", "canonical_source": "https://broadbandbreakfast.com/nyc-nations-largest-school-system-bans-ai-for-students-through-8th-grade/", "published_at": "2026-09-07 14:30:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-07 14:57:23.296273+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Zohran Mamdani", "New York City public schools"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nyc-nation-s-largest-school-system-bans-ai-for-students-through-8th-grade", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nyc-nation-s-largest-school-system-bans-ai-for-students-through-8th-grade.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nyc-nation-s-largest-school-system-bans-ai-for-students-through-8th-grade.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nyc-nation-s-largest-school-system-bans-ai-for-students-through-8th-grade.jsonld"}}