Civil Servants Told To Stop Using ChatGPT

Civil servants’ love affair with AI chatbots looks like it is winding up. The Department for Work and Pensions has issued new guidance to its Acceptable Use Policy for its tech systems. Included in the guidance, which applies to “all DWP employees, agents, contractors, consultants, suppliers and business partners” and covers all tech in the building, is an unequivocal ban on ChatGPT:

“Users must not attempt to access public AI applications – such as ChatGPT – when undertaking DWP business, or on DWP-approved devices“.