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Microsoft Commits to Sweeping AI Privacy Rules for Students. Will Other Tech Giants Follow?

Microsoft will not use student or educator data to train AI systems under the agreement, which AFT leaders say sets a higher privacy bar for schools.

  • Microsoft announced last week it agreed to adopt new AI privacy guardrails for schools, negotiating the deal with the AFT to limit how student data is used.
  • Responding to privacy concerns, the agreement prohibits Microsoft from using student or educator data to train AI systems or selling information like gender, race, age, and ZIP code.
  • AFT President Randi Weingarten called the agreement the 'first of its kind,' while Elizabeth Laird of the Center for Democracy and Technology said it goes 'above and beyond' legal requirements.
  • OpenAI and Anthropic are discussing similar safety pacts with the AFT, though Google has not indicated whether it plans to offer comparable protections.
  • Amid a one-year pause on AI use in New York City and Los Angeles schools, Josh Golin of Fairplay cautioned that high-profile frameworks might inadvertently encourage AI adoption.
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Microsoft commits to sweeping AI privacy rules for students. Will other tech giants follow?

Millions of students every day turn to AI chatbots for help with schoolwork, emotional support and personal advice — often unaware of where their conversations and other personal information end

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The new standard was presented together with U.S. teacher unions. It also sets rules on supervision, transparency and control of information.

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