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[^2]\n\nNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a new policy banning the use of artificial intelligence by students in grades 2 through 8. [^3]\n\nThe New York City mayor's office announced that public schools will implement a one-year ban on generative AI software for students through eighth grade during the 2025-2026 school year. [^4]\n\nNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani told reporters on 2026-09-02 that the city's elementary and middle schools would halt the use of about 40 AI educational tools in classrooms. [^5]\n\nStudents will be kept from using the technology in the classroom until they enter high school. [^6]\n\nThe one-year moratorium on AI use will be effective in the 2026-2027 school year. [^7]\n\nJosh Golin, executive director of the children's advocacy group Fairplay, said a one-year evaluation period is not nearly enough and that AI platforms should bear the burden of proving their products are effective, safe, and not driving widespread cheating. [^8]\n\nThe city will offer AI training twice a year to all public high school students and run pilot programs allowing some high schoolers to use a few AI platforms under educator supervision, while banning company chatbots in all grades. [^9]\n\nThe mayor's office described the ban as the broadest of its kind in the United States. [^10]\n\nHigh school students will receive two 45-minute annual modules on critical evaluation of AI, and up to 50,000 students (about 5% of public enrollment) may join five pilot AI projects capped at five classes per school and supervised by trained educators. [^11]\n\nThe moratorium covers approximately 600,000 students, about two-thirds of New York City's public school enrollment, according to the city administration. 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