New York City Public Schools Announce Moratorium on Student-Facing Generative AI and Screen Time Caps

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI and caps on screen time through middle school for the nation's largest school district. The new policy bars individual screens through second grade and generative AI tools for students through eighth grade, recommending limits of 30 minutes daily for grades 3-5 and 45 minutes for middle school students.