Microsoft has new AI privacy rules for schools
TL;DR
Microsoft agreed to a set of safety and privacy principles for AI in schools a week after two major school systems announced a ban on student-facing AI. 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.
Nauti's Take
Small education teams should first verify whether their district will turn these principles into binding contract and procurement requirements. The commitments sound enforceable, but this report comes from a single summarized source, so deletion timelines, exceptions, and audit rights for individual Microsoft services still need checking.
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