In a new agreement with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second-largest teachers union in the US, and its New York City affiliate the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), Microsoft committed to ten principles that can be contractually enforced by school districts that adopt them. The terms include pledging not to train AI models on student or educator data, limiting the amount of data Microsoft collects in the first place and disclosing to families how its tools work in plain language, prohibiting AI companions, and requiring human review for “high-risk” decisions.
The agreement comes after New York City:/policy/989735/los-angeles-is-the-next-major-school-district-to-ban-ai-for-students and Los Angeles :/policy/989735/los-angeles-is-the-next-major-school-district-to-ban-ai-for-studentsboth implemented one-year bans on AI tools for many students, giving the districts time to consider the proper use and guardrails. As parents and some educators have resisted the use of AI and screens more generally in schools, Microsoft likely recognizes that similar decisions could be coming. Beginning in November, school districts can opt to add the terms to new or existing agreements without having to renegotiate their entire contracts.
“[N]o one else, including the federal government, has stepped up to do the real work”
The AFT, for its part, has been critical of tech in schools, but also open to working with tech companies to prepare for the current AI wave. In a May speech:https://www.aft.org/press-release/devices-down-eyes-hands-weingarten-calls-screen-bans-ai-limits-active-learning-major, AFT President Randi Weingarten called for a ban on screens before third grade as well as “student-facing AI” before middle school. But the group also announced a $23 million AI training hub:https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/technology/chatgpt-teachers-openai-microsoft.html for educators funded by Anthropic, Microsoft, and OpenAI.
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Aioga 编辑摘要
Aioga 编辑摘要:Microsoft 与美国教师联合会(AFT)及其纽约分支 UFT 达成协议,承诺十项可由采用学区合同强制执行的学校 AI 安全与隐私原则,包括不用学生和教师数据训练 AI Aioga 将其归入「行业动态」方向,重点关注它对真实使用和行业竞争的影响。