Nation’s largest school district bans AI in the classroom through 8th grade; CNN, September 2, 2026

 Clare Duffy , CNN; Nation’s largest school district bans AI in the classroom through 8th grade

"New York City is banning the use of generative artificial intelligence for public school students from 2K through 8th grade, part of a larger move to restrict classroom technology in the nation’s largest school district.

The one-year moratorium will affect nearly 600,000 public school students, nearly two-thirds of the district’s total enrollment. As part of the policy rollout, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the district will “discontinue or disable the AI components of more than 38 previously allowed programs that do not meet our new safety and oversight standards.”

Mamdani announced the policy on Wednesday with New York City Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels, saying it’s designed to protect students’ critical thinking abilities as well as the relationships between students and teachers."

Ethics and Professionalism in Artificial Intelligence and Medical Practice: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians; Annals of Internal Medicine, September 1, 2026

 Matthew DeCamp, MD, PhD, Lois Snyder Sulmasy, JD, Kyle E. Karches, MD, PhD, for the Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee of the American College of Physicians, Annals of Internal Medicine; Ethics and Professionalism in Artificial Intelligence and Medical Practice: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians

 "Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) in health care is being rapidly adopted in perhaps one of the most rapid implementations of technology in medicine to date. Better thought of as augmented intelligence, as a tool that provides assistance to physicians and patients, many guidelines for its use have been issued, but consensus has not yet been achieved on issues such as privacy, disclosure, and fairness. Patients and physicians need ethical guidance at the point of care. Three guideposts described in this American College of Physicians position paper and rooted in the patient–physician relationship—principles of medical ethics, clinical integrity, and physician-independent practical reasoning—can inform the ethical use of AI: relationality, self-governance, and competence. This paper examines the implications of AI for patients, physicians, and health care and provides guidance for its ethical use."