NYC Schools Crack Down on Classroom AI

New York City public schools will prohibit nearly 600,000 students from using generative artificial intelligence during the 2026-27 school year under one of the nation's broadest restrictions on classroom technology.

The one-year moratorium, announced Wednesday by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels, applies to students from 2-K through eighth grade and covers about two-thirds of the nation's largest public school system. The restrictions will take effect as students return to classrooms next week.

"The tech industry wants us to believe that A.I.-powered early education is not only inevitable, but necessary," Mamdani said in a statement. "We do not see it that way."