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How Boston talks about AI

The first time anyone said “AI” on Boston’s record was July 8, 2026, 4:08:14 into a City Council meeting: “LATEST MODEL OF ACTOR TROPIC GENERATIVE AI TOOL. THE INITIATIVE WOULD HELP TO”. The next meeting passed without it. It peaked on October 19, 2026, when the City Council Committee said it 21 times over 1 h 57 min — 24% of every mention on the record. In all, 89 mentions across 12 of Boston’s 44 meetings, by the City Council Committee, the City Council and the School Committee; the words said beside it most: data, literacy, centers, models. The latest was October 23, 2026: “AND THEN WE'RE MEASURING WITH THE TOOLS OF BASIS AI TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE HAVING”. Brookline’s bodies said it in 78 lines across 13 meetings — the whole record’s search reads them together.

counted from the transcripts themselves when this edition was pressed — every line that says “AI” or “artificial intelligence”, whole-word; no model wrote a line of it; every number opens the tape

“AI”, by the numbers
89mentions12 of 44meetings3bodiesJuly 2026first saidOctober 2026latest2:34the supercut
when “AI” came up — each dot is a meeting; click one to jump
JulAugSepOctBoston City Council Meeting on July 8, 2026 — 12 linesCity CouncilJul 8Boston School Committee Meeting 9/16/26 - with ASL Interpretation — 3 linesSchool CommitteeSep 16Government Operations on September 17, 2026 — 6 linesCity Council CommitteeSep 17City Services on September 21, 2026 — 13 linesBoston City Council Meeting on September 23, 2026 — 1 lineWays and Means on September 28, 2026 — 1 lineBoston City Council Meeting on September 30, 2026 — 2 linesCity CouncilSep 30Boston City Council Meeting on October 7, 2026 — 18 linesCity CouncilOct 7Boston School Committee Meeting 10-14-2026 — 4 linesSchool CommitteeOct 14Planning, Development and Transportation on October 19, 2026 — 20 linesEducation on October 20, 2026 — 1 lineCity Council CommitteeOct 20City Services on October 23, 2026 — 5 lines
mentions, month by month
132749
the same, as a table
monthmeetingssaid itmentions
Jul 20261113
Aug 2026000
Sep 202620627
Oct 202623549

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October 2026 was the loudest month — 49 mentions in 5 of 23 meetings. A dot is a meeting: filled where the word came up, hollow where it did not. Every bar opens the tape at the month’s first mention.

where it fell — every night that said it, slice by slice
07-08 · City Council12 lines
09-16 · School Committee3 lines
09-17 · City Council Committee6 lines
09-21 · City Council Committee13 lines
09-23 · City Council1 line
09-28 · City Council Committee1 line
09-30 · City Council2 lines
10-07 · City Council18 lines
10-14 · School Committee4 lines
10-19 · City Council Committee20 lines
10-20 · City Council Committee1 line
10-23 · City Council Committee5 lines
the same, as a table
meetingbodylinesfirst atlast at
2026-07-08City Council124:08:144:10:23
2026-09-16School Committee325:311:25:42
2026-09-17City Council Committee639:522:20:29
2026-09-21City Council Committee1311:3457:51
2026-09-23City Council11:10:451:10:45
2026-09-28City Council Committee148:5948:59
2026-09-30City Council25:131:22:00
2026-10-07City Council182:01:482:08:29
2026-10-14School Committee41:14:461:16:05
2026-10-19City Council Committee209:322:07:31
2026-10-20City Council Committee12:35:352:35:35
2026-10-23City Council Committee522:202:27:49

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Each row is a tape, start to end; a taller bar is a slice where “AI” came up more. On October 19, 2026 the City Council Committee said it 21 times over 1 h 57 min — one stretch of the night. Every bar opens the tape there.

the words beside it — what was said in the same breath
data13
literacy9
centers8
models6
tools6
use6
generative5
help5
sophisticated4
technologies4
basis3
computing3

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Counted in each line that says “AI” and the lines either side of it, civic stopwords out: “data” led with 13 mentions. Each word opens the record’s search for the two together.

the first time it came up, each night
July 8, 2026 · City Council12 lines that night“LATEST MODEL OF ACTOR TROPIC GENERATIVE AI TOOL. THE INITIATIVE WOULD HELP TO”4:08:14 on the tape
September 16, 2026 · School Committee3 lines that night“teaching and learning. Together they are spearheading the launch of the BPS AI literacy initiative. Now in September,”25:31 on the tape
September 17, 2026 · City Council Committee6 lines that night“SO WITHIN THAT FTE LIKE IT USES AI TO BUILD OUT SITE SPECIFIC THINGS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE”39:52 on the tape
September 21, 2026 · City Council Committee13 lines that night“BENEFIT TO EXPAND SOME OF OUR AI LITERACY PROGRAMING WHICH IS FOCUSED ON THE FOLKS STAYING”11:34 on the tape
September 23, 2026 · City Council1 line that night“THE PROPOSED ORDER WOULD FOCUS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AI LITERACY ESPECIALLY AVOIDING”1:10:45 on the tape
September 28, 2026 · City Council Committee1 line that night“CHANGED IN THE LAST YOU KNOW, WITH AI AND WITH WITH UM YOU KNOW, THE CAMERA STUFF THAT”48:59 on the tape
September 30, 2026 · City Council2 lines that night“BIT HARSH LIKE UH WELL WE HEAR CONSTANTLY ABOUT AI APOCALYPSE WARS AND INTERNATIONAL TURMOIL,”5:13 on the tape
October 7, 2026 · City Council18 lines that night“FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT SENATE 3308,”2:01:48 on the tape
October 14, 2026 · School Committee4 lines that night“Its scope would cover device policies, social media, classroom, screen use, AI tools, emerging technologies, and”1:14:46 on the tape
October 19, 2026 · City Council Committee20 lines that night“BOSTON UM, RECENTLY TO IMPROVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AI PROFICIENCY AMONG STUDENTS.”9:32 on the tape
October 20, 2026 · City Council Committee1 line that night“REPORTING THAT IF SOMETHING IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR AI OR SOMETHING'S FLOATING AROUND OR”2:35:35 on the tape
October 23, 2026 · City Council Committee5 lines that night“PARTNERSHIP WITH A RESEARCH INSTITUTE CALLED BASIS AI. UM AND THEY ARE A GROUP”22:20 on the tape

One line per meeting, in order — the moment the word first entered the room, with the line before and after it. Every line opens the tape; the tick beside it cuts the line into your reel. All 86 lines →

the supercut — every one of those moments, played in order
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