New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has placed a one-year moratorium on classroom use of generative artificial intelligence tools for pre-K-8 grades, and all public high school students will be required to complete AI awareness refresher courses twice a year.
“Just because technology is everywhere, doesn’t mean it belongs everywhere,” he said on Sept. 2 during a news conference at Brooklyn Steam Center School, where he was joined by school administrators and state legislators. “We must ask, what helps our children learn? How can we protect their developing minds?”
Districtwide, AI functions on 38 ed-tech products will be disabled, while five tools will remain in use for the purpose of career and technical education or professional workforce development programs in grades 9–12. Exceptions will be made for students with disabilities or those still learning English, Mamdani said….