‘Kids need to learn to think for themselves’: Mayor Mamdani bans AI in NYC schools through 8th grade

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces a one-year AI ban for students from 2-K through 8th grade, affecting nearly 600,000 public-school students. Mamdani says kids need teachers, human connection and independent thinking, pushing back against the tech industry’s push for AI in early education. The NYC schools AI ban will restrict generative AI tools through eighth grade while introducing limited, supervised AI programs and AI literacy courses for high school students.
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