US evaluating risks related to adoption of AI tools by federal agencies

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banned congressional staffers from using Microsoft's Copilot generative AI assistant.
According to a report in Axios, the application is seen as a threat in terms of data leakage. “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,” said Catherine Szpindor, the House chief administrative officer.

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Policymakers in the US have been looking at potential risks in the adoption of AI tools by federal agencies and the adequacy of safeguards to protect individual privacy and ensure fair treatment.

“We recognise government users have higher security requirements for data. 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," a Microsoft spokesperson told Reuters.

Last year, two senators from the Democratic and Republican parties introduced legislation to ban the use of AI that creates content falsely depicting candidates in political advertisements to influence federal elections. The US is set to go to polls later this year.
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