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Wong on AI licensing and quality comparison across tools

New York City Council · Jun 24, 2026 · starts 2:25:19 · 1 min 16 sec

Wong presses on whether DOE has compared quality of results across different AI engines and whether commercial licenses are needed. DOE officials say Microsoft and Google products have free and paid versions, both approved, and emphasize human judgment and fact-checking are expected with all AI use.

Phil Wong

And

Phil Wong

That is based on existing licenses you have with Microsoft and Google?

Phil Wong

Correct.

Phil Wong

But no one really looked into the engine.

Phil Wong

Is this giving me the correct results?

Phil Wong

Or, I mean, anyone ever looked at that?

Phil Wong

Because the quality of these AI engines vary.

Phil Wong

Anybody look at that and say, Gemini may give us better results than chat GBT?

Phil Wong

It's like comparing.

Member of the Public

I mean, our full expectation is that these are very limited use cases and that human judgment always has to be a core part of this, particularly when it comes to instruction.

Member of the Public

We want to make sure that it is always aligned to the curriculum and the standards that we expect and that there are much more trusted sources that educators and teachers should be using for those purposes.

Member of the Public

We do know that there are some cases where administratively, for efficiency sakes, where they can be useful, but even in those cases, it is absolutely critical.

Member of the Public

That all the adults that are using those tools are fact-checking and ensuring that everything that is being produced is accurate.

Phil Wong

Okay, thank you.

Phil Wong

Thank you, Chair.

Eric Dinowitz

Thank you, Council Member.

Eric Dinowitz

Council Member Hanif.