Microsoft’s Binding AI Privacy Deal for Schools Is Now Live — And It Has Real Legal Teeth
Reading Time: 5 minutesMicrosoft’s AI Safety & Privacy Standard — co-developed with the AFT and UFT — took effect November 1, creating legally enforceable protections for student data including a permanent ban on AI training using student information. The standard is now available to any U.S. school district via their existing Microsoft agreement, and whether OpenAI and Anthropic sign similar commitments may determine whether it becomes an industry-wide baseline.