NYC Pauses AI Tools for Younger Students
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New York City has a new rule about AI. AI means a computer program that can think like a person. Leader Mamdani made a new rule for schools.
The rule is a moratorium. A moratorium means you stop something for some time. This moratorium stops AI in some schools.
Young students cannot use AI for learning now. This is for students below 9th grade. That means small kids and middle school kids.
The rule will stay for one year. After one year, city leaders can look at it again.
Schools in elementary and middle school cannot use AI for classes. Elementary school is for very young kids. Middle school is for older kids, but not high school.
Older students in high school can still use AI. This rule is only for younger kids in public schools. Public schools are schools that the government pays for.
Vocabulary6 words
- AI
- a computer program that can think like a person
- Mamdani
- the name of the city leader who made this rule
- moratorium
- stopping something for some time
- elementary
- school for very young children
- middle school
- school for children older than elementary but younger than high school
- public schools
- schools that the government pays for
Quiz
Answer key
1. Started a one-year pause on AI for young students 2. Students below 9th grade 3. One year
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
New York City has a new rule about _____. Leader _____ made a new rule for schools.
The rule is a _____. This moratorium stops AI in some schools.
Young students cannot use AI for _____ now. This is for students below _____ grade.
The rule will stay for _____ year.
Schools in _____ and _____ school cannot use AI for classes.
Older students in _____ school can still use AI.