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An AI that reflects us starts with data we control. Artificial intelligence (AI) solutions are playing an increasingly important role in how we search for, create and access information. Their relevance, however, depends on one essential element: the quality of the data that powers them. If Quebec data is hard to find, insufficiently structured or poorly accessible, these tools risk making our language, culture, territories, organizations and realities invisible. 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