Majority of Chicago school board candidates back AI moratorium
Twenty-four of 42 candidates for Chicago's new 21-member elected school board signed a pledge from Illinois Families for Public Schools calling for a three-year moratorium on generative AI in Chicago Public Schools, limits on screen time across grades, a ban on biometric data collection and appointment of a chief privacy officer. Fifteen signees were endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union. CPS says a planned Google Gemini rollout was halted and the application is turned off on student devices. The pledge joins similar actions in other large districts and could shape the district's technology and privacy rules if the board adopts it.
Twenty-four of 42 candidates signed a three-year AI moratorium pledge.
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A parent-led nonprofit wrote the pledge after worries about privacy and learning. School officials paused an aspirational Gemini plan and turned the app off. The vote by newly elected board members could next determine district policy on…
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