New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani introduced a one-year ban on AI in schools, which he said could affect 600,000 public school students. And the tech world has a lot to say.
On Wednesday, Mamdani proposed a moratorium that would ban the use of AI in schools for children from 2-K — school for two-year-olds — to eighth grade. High school students will get “twice-yearly AI critical thinking modules.” The ban also includes screen time restrictions adjusted for the students’ grade level.
The same day, Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest school district in the US, introduced its own moratorium on AI for the rest of the school…
