Microsoft and teachers’ unions promote enforceable school-AI safeguards. Fairplay’s Josh Golin wants a five-year pause, while New York City permits restricted high-school pilots. Critics of those pilots say they should wait for evidence and assessment criteria.
Schools should pause generative AI for five years while safety and educational benefits are assessed.
“Should student-facing AI products be used in schools at all?”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Josh Golin: Fairplay statement on the AFT/UFT deal with Microsoft · FairplayThreshold question on student-facing use; five-year pause and enforcement criticism
Why we used this label
Opposes student-facing deployment. Praise for privacy improvements does not alter the pause demand.
Role at the time: New York City Council member and Technology Committee chair
Condemned
Response to this claim
New York City should postpone its current high-school AI pilots until the tools can be assessed against clear criteria.
“Recorded action: De La Rosa co-authored the September 2 statement urging postponement of NYC’s high-school AI pilots.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Gonzalez and De La Rosa: NYC AI guidance falls short of responsible use · Kristen GonzalezJoint quotation; paragraph urging postponement of high-school pilots
Why we used this label
Rejects the current rollout. The co-authored statement is shared with Gonzalez’s record, not a second independent comment.
Role at the time: New York state senator and Internet and Technology Committee chair
Condemned
Response to this claim
New York City should postpone its current high-school AI pilots until the tools can be assessed against clear criteria.
“Chancellor Samuels should postpone these pilots until the tools can be properly assessed.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Gonzalez and De La Rosa: NYC AI guidance falls short of responsible use · Kristen GonzalezJoint quotation; paragraph urging postponement of high-school pilots
Why we used this label
Rejects proceeding with the current pilots; possible later assessed use does not change the present objection.
Kristen Gonzalez is a New York state senator representing the 59th District and chairing the Senate’s Internet and Technology Committee and Elections Committee.