(Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will strictly ban the use of Microsoft's (NASDAQ:)-generated AI assistant Copilot by congressional staff, Axios reported on Friday.
According to the Axios report, House Administration Chief Catherine Spindall said, “The Cybersecurity Agency has issued a statement stating that the Microsoft Copilot application has been compromised because of the risk that House data could be leaked to cloud services not approved by the House. “We have determined that there is a risk to users.'' .
“We recognize that government users have higher security requirements for their data, which is why we are announcing a roadmap for Microsoft AI tools like Copilot to meet federal security and compliance requirements. , we plan to make it available later this year,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Reuters. .
The U.S. House of Representatives chief of staff did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Policymakers are considering the potential risks in federal agencies' deployment of artificial intelligence and the adequacy of safeguards to protect individual privacy and ensure fair treatment.
Last year, two Democratic and two Republican U.S. senators introduced a bill that would ban the use of artificial intelligence to create content that falsely portrays candidates in political ads to influence federal elections.