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Updated · WABC-TV · Sep 9

Microsoft, Teachers Unions Set 10-Point AI School Privacy Standard as NYC Imposes 1-Year Ban

Updated

Updated · WABC-TV · Sep 9

Microsoft, Teachers Unions Set 10-Point AI School Privacy Standard as NYC Imposes 1-Year Ban

3 articles · Updated · WABC-TV · Sep 9

Microsoft will extend a new National AI Safety & Privacy Standard to every U.S. school district starting Nov. 1, barring student tracking, AI training on student or teacher data, and unsupervised AI decision-making.
The agreement, unveiled with the American Federation of Teachers and United Federation of Teachers, gives districts 10 legally enforceable protections they can write into Microsoft contracts and use to seek damages for violations.
Microsoft also agreed to disclose how its school AI tools work, what data they collect and what safeguards apply, with limited exceptions for safety and security uses.
New York City's school system moved days earlier in the opposite direction for younger students, imposing a 1-year ban on student-facing generative AI while allowing supervised high school pilots and AI literacy lessons.
The deal reflects a broader push to fill a regulatory gap in school AI use, with AFT saying it is also in talks with OpenAI and Anthropic on similar standards.