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The waltham tag collects WindowsForum coverage of a Microsoft Copilot deployment at the City of Waltham, Massachusetts, where AI access was restricted to administrative assistants. The discussion centers on the city's lack of a central AI safety or software purchasing policy, and its IT director's request for a cross-department steering committee rather than leaving AI governance to a small IT team. For Windows and Microsoft watchers, the thread illustrates a familiar enterprise problem: Copilot and other AI features increasingly arrive through vendor products departments buy independently, making them hard to vet, license, and secure without broader organizational policy.
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    Microsoft Copilot Limited to Waltham Assistants Amid AI Policy Gap

    Waltham, Massachusetts IT Director Donald Aucoin told the City Council's Committee of the Whole on September 21, 2026 that the city has no central policy on AI safety or software purchases. He said his department cannot govern AI alone and asked for a cross-department steering committee...