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 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "ai-policy",
 "label": "AI use policy",
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   "title": "City bans Chinese artificial intelligence app, promises AI policy",
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   "summary": "Reports City of Sault Ste. Marie council banned DeepSeek on city devices and directed staff to develop an AI usage policy (ethical/responsible/transparent use) plus a one-year GovAI pilot. Policy under development, not yet adopted.",
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   "document_url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/soo-deepseek-ban-1.7465474",
   "summary": "CBC coverage of Sault Ste. Marie council considering a DeepSeek ban on city devices, tied to forthcoming AI policy work.",
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