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title: "NYC's Department of Education adopts a policy barring public school students from using AI until high school, banning companion chatbots in all grades, and more (Matthew Haag/New York Times)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/nycs-department-of-education-adopts-a-policy-barring-public-school-0a5c6ca8
published: 2026-09-02T03:10:02.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# NYC's Department of Education adopts a policy barring public school students from using AI until high school, banning companion chatbots in all grades, and more (Matthew Haag/New York Times)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-09-02 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/nycs-department-of-education-adopts-a-policy-barring-public-school-0a5c6ca8

Matthew Haag / New York Times : NYC's Department of Education adopts a policy barring public school students from using AI until high school, banning companion chatbots in all grades, and more — A new policy to be announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using A.I., but stops short of a moratorium.

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## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/260901/p63#a260901p63)

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