New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is moving to prohibit the use of artificial-intelligence tools in the city’s public schools through eighth grade, adopting a restrictive approach toward the rapidly expanding technology in younger classrooms.
Walla reported Thursday that the new policy would bar students through eighth grade from using AI tools in the public-school system, as the Mamdani administration seeks to establish clear limits on how the technology is incorporated into education.
Mamdani presented the move as part of an effort to shape what he described as the right future for children, arguing that schools should carefully control the growing role artificial intelligence plays in learning.
The proposal is nevertheless drawing skepticism from within New York City’s education system, where questions have been raised over whether such a broad restriction can realistically be enforced as AI tools become increasingly integrated into computers, phones and commonly used online services.
The move places the nation’s largest public-school system squarely inside the growing debate over how educators should respond to generative artificial intelligence, with the Mamdani administration choosing a restrictive approach for students through eighth grade.
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a visit to a Jewish bookstore inspired him to turn to books. Or maybe AI is not giving sufficiently progressive answers. Here is an example of what N taxpayers could find out if they cared to ask AI:
Q: is it a good idea for a big city to have free public transit
A: Free public transit in a major city is a powerful tool for social equity and administrative simplicity, but urban planners and transit experts generally agree it is not the most effective use of limited funds for large metropolitan areas. While the concept promises high civic benefit, major cities face operational realities where system quality usually matters far more to riders than zero-dollar fares.