New York City Public Schools will bar student-facing generative artificial intelligence for children in 2-K through eighth grade during the 2026-27 school year, a one-year moratorium covering nearly 600,000 students — about two-thirds of enrollment in the nation's largest district. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels announced the pause on September 2, pairing it with tighter limits on individual classroom screens and a pledge to study how the technology affects learning.
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