Stephen Van Tran supported adopting the stronger school-AI terms, but urged districts to verify product coverage and contracts before expanding student-facing deployment
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Stephen Van Tran supported adopting the stronger school-AI terms, but urged districts to verify product coverage and contracts before expanding student-facing deployment.
“Adopt the stronger terms where they apply”
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Should schools pause student-facing AI despite Microsoft’s new privacy safeguards?
Microsoft and the National Academy for AI Instruction signed school-AI privacy and safety standards announced with the AFT and UFT on September 9. Fairplay’s Josh Golin welcomes the privacy improvements but calls for a five-year pause on generative AI in schools. New York City’s September 2 policy illustrates a different approach: pause most direct use through eighth grade while allowing restricted high-school pilots. Kristen Gonzalez and Carmen De La Rosa support the younger-grade ban but urge postponement of the pilots until the tools can be properly assessed.
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Stephen Van Tran supported adopting the stronger school-AI terms, but urged districts to verify product coverage and contracts before expanding student-facing deployment.
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Van Tran assessed the scope of Microsoft's school-AI contractual protections.
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Van Tran urged districts to verify which products and contracts the protections covered before expanding deployment.
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