US House bans members from using all chatbots except ChatGPT Plus

The US House of Representatives recently adopted a new rule banning all use of large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) language models by lawmakers, with the sole exception of OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus service.

according to the notice Sent U.S. House Chief Executive Catherine Spindall has informed us that the use of chatbots is restricted for security reasons.

“Internal offices using the ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot are only permitted to use the ChatGPT Plus version of the product. The Plus version of the product has important privacy features necessary to protect parliamentary data. It’s built in.”

The memo adds, “Currently, there are no other versions of ChatGPT or other large language model software authorized for use in the House of Representatives.”

The document also includes provisions restricting the use of the software by members of Congress to “research and evaluation only” and prohibiting the introduction of ChatGPT into “regular workflows.”

Other restrictions include restrictions on sharing sensitive data as prompts and the requirement to use ChatGPT Plus with all privacy settings enabled.

It’s unclear what specific privacy features the document refers to, as OpenAI doesn’t list privacy-related benefits exclusive to the Plus service.

ChatGPT Plus service, according to OpenAI Offers General access to models during peak hours, faster query responses, and priority access to new features. No additional privacy features were mentioned.

ChatGPT users can now turn off chat history and choose which conversations can be used to train models. https://t.co/0Qi5xV7tLi

— OpenAI (@OpenAI) April 25, 2023

In April, the company added options for both ChatGPT and ChatGPT Plus users to delete their chat history and accounts, but information deleted this way will remain on ChatGPT servers for an additional 30 days.

According to an April blog post, OpenAI schedule Launch ChatGPT Business Subscription Service with additional data control capabilities. No word yet on how this service will differ from ChatGPT Plus.

The new House rules, once adopted, will only apply directly to members of the House of Representatives, but US Representatives Ted Liu, Ken Buck, and Anna Eshu recently created the Federal Committee on Artificial Intelligence to give Congress the ability to regulate introduced a bipartisan bill that would provide surveillance. The entire US AI industry.