The US Congress imposed a strict ban on its employees using Microsoft’s artificial intelligence assistant program ” Copilot ” (a program from Microsoft ) on government-issued devices, according to what was reported by Reuters.
Reuters quoted an Axios report as saying: The Cybersecurity Office has deemed Microsoft’s CoPilot application a threat to users due to the threat of leaking House data to cloud services not approved by the House of Representatives.
The ban is an example of the federal government’s attempt to legalize its internal use of artificial intelligence; While at the same time trying to formulate regulations for the technology.
There is nothing preventing employees from using CoPilot on their phones and laptops, although it is now blocked on all Windows machines owned by Congress.
Nearly a year ago, Congress also put a strict limit on the use of GPT Chat, which relies on large language models from OpenAI, a competitor to CoPilot.
Recently, the White House revealed the rules that federal agencies must follow when it comes to generative artificial intelligence, which would ensure that any tool they use does not put the rights and safety of Americans at risk.
Microsoft confirmed that it is aware of the need for government users to have high security requirements.
That’s why we announced a roadmap for Microsoft AI tools, like CoPilot, that meet the federal government’s security and compliance requirements that we intend to introduce later this year, a Microsoft spokesperson told Reuters.
The company said that all of these tools and services feature high levels of security, which makes them suitable for dealing with sensitive data.
The House of Representatives’ concerns coincide with the concerns of companies, as many companies chose to prevent their employees’ access to free chatbots for fear of data leakage.
Many companies are looking at or purchasing commercial versions that come with guarantees that the data will not be used to train future models.
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