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+# See https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-code-owners
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+# These owners will be the default owners for everything in the repo. Unless a later match takes precedence, 
+# @elimu-ai/codeowners-ml (https://github.com/orgs/elimu-ai/teams/codeowners-ml/members) will be requested for review when someone opens a pull request.
+*       @elimu-ai/codeowners-ml