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Dinowitz presses on approved AI vendors and empirical evidence

New York City Council · Jun 24, 2026 · starts 0:31:51 · 55 sec

Dinowitz questions why DOE approved AI vendors without empirical evidence of benefit to cognitive development, noting Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT come pre-installed on student devices. He challenges DOE to provide peer-reviewed studies supporting these tools.

Eric Dinowitz

There are seven tools that have, according to Local Law 35, that utilize AI, although it seems that there are many more.

Eric Dinowitz

According to the vendor website.

Eric Dinowitz

So I'm going to ask about that later, but the simple fact is that you have approved the use of AI tools, or you have approved vendors with AI tools and schools to purchase whatever tools there are.

Eric Dinowitz

And of course, you know, Gemini, the large language models come pre-installed.

Eric Dinowitz

On the devices that we give our kids, Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT.

Eric Dinowitz

What evidence has the DOE used, peer-reviewed journals, empirical evidence, to demonstrate that these AI tools that you've approved as vendors are beneficial to our students and their cognitive development?