Here’s what makes this offering from Microsoft different from other options like ChatGPT or Google Bard.
Microsoft included Copilot offering Enterprise Data Protection (EDP) with our FAU Microsoft licenses. (You must be signed in with your FAU account to use this protected version). This means cost savings to the University instead of paying for individual ChatGPT Plus licenses.
Aside from the cost, the key differentiator is that Microsoft Copilot , offering enterprise data protection, is a more secure alternative to consumer-oriented generative AI services, including the non-enterprise version of Copilot. Currently, ChatGPT-4 powers Microsoft Copilot.
- Your data is secure. Your data is protected with encryption at rest and in transit, rigorous physical security controls, and data isolation between tenants
- Your data is private: Microsoft will not use your data except as you instruct. Microsoft's commitments to privacy include support for GDPR, ISO/IEC 27018, and our Data Protection Addendum.
- Your data isn’t used to train foundation models: Microsoft Copilot uses the user’s context to create relevant responses. Microsoft 365 Copilot also uses Microsoft Graph data. Consistent with our other Copilot offers, prompts, responses, and data accessed through Microsoft Graph is not used to train foundation models. For example, both Bard and ChatGPT use your chats to train future large language models (LLM).
- Be mindful of the data you send: While Microsoft Copilot with Data Protection is a more secure alternative to ChatGPT or other LLMs, it cannot be used for all University data. Do not use AI tools for protected health information (PHI) or data subject to HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), FERPA, or other highly sensitive data.