New features from Microsoft set to help organizations detect risky usage of AI

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Here are two new features from Microsoft which will enhance the detection of risky AI usage and generative AI interactions. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is introducing new detections for risky AI usage. This update will enhance the ability of administrators to identify risky AI usage within their organizations. The new detections will cover both intentional and unintentional insider risk activities related to generative AI applications, including risky prompts containing sensitive information or intent and sensitive responses generated from sensitive files or sites. The detections will apply to M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and ChatGPT Enterprise, contributing to Adaptive Protection insider risk levels. Using IRM  administrators can gain insights into risky AI usage in an anonymized form using analytics, create policies to track risky prompts and sensitive responses, and use the new generative AI indicators in adaptive protection to assess user risk scores. Microsoft P...

Guest Access will be default "on" for Teams

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Here is a heads up for all Teams admins:
- ".. to bring Teams Guest capability into alignment with the rest of the suite, where the setting is already on by default." Microsoft is changing this policy (Allow Guest Access) to on.

I would assume most organizations have been turning this feature on, to encourage collaboration. And there is no need to take any action if you already set this policy to allow. But if some reason you need to turn this off for the entire organization, you will need to do so manually once this setting has been deployed.

According to "Message ID: MC228482" in the admin message center, this should start rolling out on February 8th.

Read more about the configuration options here.