Golin calls for a five-year pause on school AI
Josh GolinFairplay executive director
Golin credits privacy improvements but calls for a five-year pause on generative AI in schools.
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Schools should pause generative AI for five years while safety and educational benefits are assessed.
“That's why Fairplay and its network of experts are calling on schools to implement a five-year pause on all GenAI products until it can be determined whether those products are safe for young people and beneficial to their education.”
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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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Golin credits privacy improvements but calls for a five-year pause on generative AI in schools, arguing that learning benefits, developmental risks and enforcement remain unresolved.
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Golin responds to the Microsoft–AFT/UFT announcement.
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He argues learning benefits, developmental risks and school-level enforcement remain unresolved.
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Opposes student-facing deployment. Praise for privacy improvements does not alter the pause demand.
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