AI has gone from the pages of a sci-fi

novel into something present in nearly

every aspect of our lives. Today, I am

proud to announce New York City's first

ever comprehensive AI policy for our

public schools. Children need their

teachers and human connection in order

to learn and in order to grow. So,

beginning this school year, we will

implement a one-year moratorium on

generative AI for students in 2K through

eighth grade. In high school, we will

teach our students about AI, its

opportunities and its pitfalls, its

building blocks and its biases. And we

will pilot five rigorously vetted

educational AI programs that teachers

have vouched for.