NYC and LA public school systems ban generative AI use for school year as fears intensify

The largest US school districts restrict student AI use

The country’s two largest school districts — New York City and Los Angeles — banned most student use of artificial intelligence in classrooms for this school year as anxiety over AI’s effect on learning intensifies. The Los Angeles Unified School District announced last week that it is barring student use of generative AI on school-issued […]

NYC and LA public school systems ban generative AI use for school year as fears intensify

The nation's two largest public school systems — New York City and Los Angeles — are pressing pause on student use of generative artificial intelligence.

How Much Should Students Use AI? Preferably Not at All

New York City recently announced a moratorium on AI use in K-12 classes for the 2026-2027 school year. Source

AI: the genie out of the bottle

New York has just opened a debate that Chile should not evade. Its mayor, Zohran Mamdani, established a one-year moratorium on the direct use of generative artificial intelligence for nearly 600,000 students in public schools, from prekindergarten through eighth grade. This is not about banning artificial intelligence, but about studying its effects before incorporating it massively at a decisive stage of human development: childhood. Generative…