{"id":280790,"date":"2026-06-24T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/stormont-dundas-glengarry-adopts-responsible-ai-use-framework\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:30:07","slug":"stormont-dundas-glengarry-adopts-responsible-ai-use-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/stormont-dundas-glengarry-adopts-responsible-ai-use-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormont Dundas Glengarry adopts responsible AI use framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard-freeholder.com\/news\/stormont-dundas-glengarry-artificial-intelligence\">Stormont Dundas Glengarry adopts responsible AI use framework<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard-freeholder.com\/news\/stormont-dundas-glengarry-artificial-intelligence\">https:\/\/www.standard-freeholder.com\/news\/stormont-dundas-glengarry-artificial-intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-24 15:17:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.standard-freeholder.com\">www.standard-freeholder.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/p>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">News<\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">Local News<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\">Ontario municipalities all face AI-related risks and regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"published-date__since\">Published Jun 24, 2026<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"published-date__word-count\">3 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"SDG council\" class=\"featured-image__image type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0625-co-sdgai.co_.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=c5-He27BsmQdAW_xZIo6iQ\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0625-co-sdgai.co_.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=c5-He27BsmQdAW_xZIo6iQ,\n                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0625-co-sdgai.co_.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;h=432&#038;sig=9WayLRZ1apfLD_-PnjsMng 2x\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" height=\"900\" width=\"1200\"\/><span class=\"caption\">SDG business systems coordinator Colleen Bissonnette and director of IT Services Mike St-Onge, left, spoke with council about adopting a responsible AI usage framework on Monday, June 15, 2026, in Cornwall, Ont.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by Shawna O&#8217;Neill<\/span> \/<span class=\"distributor\">Cornwall Standard-Freeholder<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has seeped into many workforce sectors, including municipal government.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement 2<\/p>\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Last week, the United Counties of SDG council endorsed that the Eastern Ontario IT Collaborative\u2019s (EOITC) Responsible AI Use Framework be used to guide the adoption of AI and directed staff to form a cross-functional AI governance team to develop an AI usage standard.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"featured-video__jw-strategy-title\">Recommended Videos<\/h3>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaff are already using AI in their day-to-day work, reflecting a broader trend of natural adoption. While AI presents opportunity, it also presents risks related to privacy, security, and potential for inaccurate or biased outputs,\u201d said SDG business systems coordinator Colleen Bissonnette.<\/p>\n<p>Bissonnette explained that all local municipalities face the same AI-related risks and regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould council endorse the framework, Counties staff will invite local municipalities to participate in this team,\u201d she said. \u201cLocal municipalities may choose to adopt the framework individually to support their own legislative and governance requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There will be no immediate costs incurred related to adopting the framework, council heard.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Ontario Midday Roundup<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-widget__text__new-story-page\">Your weekday digest of the top stories from our newsrooms in Cornwall, Brockville, Kingston and Belleville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-widget__disclaimer__new-story-page text-size--tiny\">By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-widget__text__new-story-page\">A welcome email is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard-freeholder.com\/news\/stormont-dundas-glengarry-artificial-intelligence\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stormont Dundas Glengarry adopts responsible AI use framework https:\/\/www.standard-freeholder.com\/news\/stormont-dundas-glengarry-artificial-intelligence Publish Date: 2026-06-24 15:17:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":280792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0625-co-sdgai.co_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=c5-He27BsmQdAW_xZIo6iQ","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-280790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280793,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280790\/revisions\/280793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}