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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.
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Role at the time: AFT president and Academy agreement representative
Statement summary
Weingarten supports enforceable AI protections while backing restrictions on direct use by younger students.
“anything less than legally enforceable provisions is simply a wish list”
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Supports a constrained approach to student use, combining safeguards with younger-grade restrictions.
Role at the time: New York City Public Schools chancellor
Response to this claim
A younger-grade pause alongside restricted, teacher-supervised high-school AI pilots is an appropriate approach to student-facing AI.
“innovation does not mean more technology”
Permits limited student use under conditions rather than unrestricted deployment or a schoolwide pause.
Role at the time: New York City mayor
Response to this claim
A younger-grade pause alongside restricted, teacher-supervised high-school AI pilots is an appropriate approach to student-facing AI.
“Children need teachers and human connection in order to learn and grow.”
Combines a younger-grade pause with conditional older-student deployment.
Josh Golin is executive director of Fairplay, a nonprofit advocacy organization focused on children’s media and digital environments.
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Randi Weingarten is president of the American Federation of Teachers.
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Carmen De La Rosa is a New York City Council member representing District 10, which includes Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hill.
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Kamar H. Samuels is chancellor of New York City Public Schools and a former teacher, principal and district superintendent.
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Kristen Gonzalez is a New York state senator representing the 59th District and chairing the Senate’s Internet and Technology Committee and Elections Committee.
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Zohran Mamdani is the mayor of New York City and a democratic socialist politician.
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