The US House banned staffers from using Microsoft Copilot
The US House has currently banned staffers from using Microsoft Copilot on any government-owned devices. The US House has taken this step for security concerns so that the confidential data will not be released to non-approved services.
House Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor recently sent a memo to congressional officers telling them that the AI chatbot is prohibited from use of government-owned devices, “due to the threat of leaking House data to non-House approved cloud services.” Copilot “will be removed from and blocked on all House Windows devices.”
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“The Microsoft Copilot application has been deemed by the Office of Cybersecurity to be a risk to users due to the threat of leaking House data to non-House approved cloud services,” it added.
As per the guidance, Microsoft Copilot will be removed and banned from all the US House government-owned devices.
Last year the US House also prohibited the house user from using the free version of Chatgpt. However, they can still use ChatGPT Plus for their research purpose but the free version of Chatgpt is banned in government-owned devices. Additionally, the US House has also unveiled the regulations for using generative AI by federal agencies. The white house has taken these steps for the safety and privacy of the Americans.
However, Microsoft has responded to this step of the US House. The company said that they understand the requirements of governments for higher security tools and in the future they will release a more secure AI tool that the government can use.
One of the company spokespersons said that- we understand the requirements of Governments and “That’s why we announced a roadmap of Microsoft AI tools, like Copilot, that meet federal government security and compliance requirements that we intend to deliver later this year”.
Copilot is like a Virtual AI assistant introduced by Microsoft in the world of AI. Copilot was launched earlier this year. With this AI chatbot, users can create content like openAI ChatGPT and can also use it for research purposes. Microsoft has released its free and paid consumer version. They have also launched Paid services for businesses so that they can use them as per their requirements.
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Even recently, Microsoft has announced that a copilot key is a must for all AI window PCs. if any PC for Windows is released without the Copilot key, then it will not be considered an AI PC.
