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+[submodule "tutorial/jupyterlab-ai-extension"]
+	path = tutorial/jupyterlab-ai-extension
+	url = git@github.com:empa-scientific-it/jupyterlab-ai-extension.git
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+Subproject commit 62a9ad65275b0d312431466aaf0d1e188e005204