According to Axios.USAThe House of Representatives of Congress, for safety reasons, prohibited its staff from using work equipment on theMicrosoftof Copilot Generative Artificial Intelligence Aids.
In guidance sent to staff, U.S. House of Representatives Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor noted that the Office of Cybersecurity has concluded that the current commercial version of Microsoft Copilot has security vulnerabilities.Could lead to leakage of House data to unauthorized cloud services. As a result, all features of the program will be disabled and removed from the staff member's Windows device.
Microsoft plans to launch a version of Copilot for government work this summer. A Microsoft spokesperson said the company recognizes that government users demand greater data security and will offer Microsoft AI tools that meet the federal government's security and compliance standards, including Copilot.
For its part, the U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Chief Administrative Officer has said they will evaluate the government version of Copilot after Microsoft rolls it out and will decide at that time whether it will meet secure use standards.
It's also worth noting that Microsoft recently announced a series of new features for Copilot that are scheduled to roll out to Microsoft 365 business and education users this April. One of these new features will help Copilot answer technical questions more accurately by utilizing the work content that users create in Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.