New York City Public Schools has imposed a one-year ban on student-facing generative AI for children through eighth grade, affecting nearly 600,000 students in the largest school district in the United States.

Students in the nation's largest school district return to classrooms next week.

New York City Public Schools is set to introduce a sweeping ban on student-facing artificial intelligence tools for pupils from 2-K

The policy also bans companion chatbots across all grades.