New York City is banning the use of generative artificial intelligence for public school students from 2K through 8th grade, part of a larger move to restrict classroom technology in the nation’s largest school district.

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.