New York City has adopted a moratorium on the use of generative AI in public schools for all students through the 8th grade, alongside a new screen-time policy. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the changes on Wednesday, saying nearly 600,000 students will be affected.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani: “Children need their teachers and human connection in order to learn and in order to grow, and they need to develop skills alongside their peers, build relationships with their teachers and wrestle with tough problems on their own. The tech industry wants us to believe that AI in early education is not only inevitable, but that it is necessary. We do not see it that way.”