Teachers and parents have warned against AI use in schools over concerns of ‘cognitive surrender’ New York City will ban students’ use of artificial intelligence in public schools through eighth grade, typically age 13 or 14. The prohibition is scheduled to be announced Wednesday and will go into effect next week. The change is part of a sweeping overhaul of the use of technology in the US’ largest school district, which enrolls roughly 900,000 students a year. In another policy shift, classroom

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• The Guardian left

  Teachers and parents have warned against AI use in schools over concerns of ‘cognitive surrender’ New York City will ban students’ use of artificial intelligence in public schools through eighth grade, typically age 13 or 14. The prohibition is scheduled to be announced Wednesday and will go into effect next week. The change is part of a sweeping overhaul of the use of technology in the US’ largest school district, which enrolls roughly 900,000 students a year. In another policy shift, classroom
• Business Insider left

  "The tech industry wants us to believe that AI in early education is not only inevitable, but that it is necessary," Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at a press. "We do not see it that way." https://bit.ly/4ymj3s5
• Hollywood Reporter

  The government argues that restrictions on AI training will undermine national security, as well as competition among AI companies and news publishers.
• CNN left

  New York City is banning the use of generative artificial intelligence for public school students from 2K through 8th grade, part of a larger move to restrict classroom technology in the nation’s largest school district. https://cnn.it/4iGlH79
• Bloomberg News center

  The largest school district in the US is banning artificial intelligence tools and restricting screen time for elementary and middle school students in the upcoming school year.
• Reuters

  Mamdani imposes one-year ban on AI for most NYC students reut.rs/4gQfoLW
• Investing.com Stocks

  Mamdani imposes one-year ban on AI for most NYC students