US House bans employees from using Microsoft's Copilot chatbot

The head of the House Administrative Office, Catherine Szpindor, has issued general guidance to congressional offices, requesting they not use Microsoft's Copilot application. Copilot is an AI-powered platform that interacts with users, capable of chatting and answering questions via text (also known as a chatbot), similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT.

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"Microsoft's Copilot application has been deemed a risk to users by the Office of Cybersecurity due to the threat of leaking House data to cloud services not approved by the House," Axios quoted from the announcement, adding that the application will be removed and blocked on all House devices running Windows.

Ms. Szpindor's office said the guidance applies to the "commercial version" of the Copilot app, but the office will also evaluate the government version once it is rolled out.

Microsoft has released free and paid versions of Copilot, along with several paid options for businesses. The paid versions can work directly within office applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

This is the latest regulatory move by the US federal government as they seek to draft regulations for this burgeoning technology. In June 2023, the US House of Representatives also restricted employees' use of ChatGPT, allowing only the paid version and prohibiting the use of the free version of the application.

In a statement, Microsoft acknowledged the increased security requirements of government users for data and said the company has announced a roadmap to adapt its tools to government direction, addressing security concerns.

Applications like Copilot and ChatGPT use large amounts of data for "learning," and concerns about copyright and data security have arisen since their emergence. According to Axios , many businesses are purchasing paid versions but with the condition that the data will not be used to train AI models in the future due to the risk of data leaks.

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