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Sweden's Government Offices (Regeringskansliet) will block the ChatGPT and Claude web interfaces on staff computers from October 26. Staff are directed to the approved Microsoft Copilot instead.

By: Mikola Máté Patrik · · 2 min read

Rosenbad in Stockholm, the headquarters of the Swedish Government Offices, seen across the water
Image: Arild Vågen / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · Source

What happened?

From Monday, October 26, Sweden's Government Offices (Regeringskansliet) will block access to ChatGPT and Claude on staff work computers. Sveriges Radio Ekot first reported the move, and the office confirmed it to SVT by email (SVT).

The block covers the browser interfaces of both services. According to the office, staff can still use the language models behind ChatGPT and Claude through its internal Intric platform. For general AI use they get Microsoft Copilot, whose security settings were tightened after a review.

Why?

On the internal intranet, the office's director of digitalization wrote that using AI services without an agreement can have consequences for information security (Computer Sweden). The aim is for staff to use only approved tools covered by contracts.

It is not the first such move in Sweden. The Tax Agency (Skatteverket) and the National Board of Institutional Care (SiS) introduced similar blocks earlier, and the Enforcement Authority (Kronofogden) is considering one.

What it means

The pattern is becoming familiar in the public sector: the target is not AI itself but uncontracted, consumer-account use. The same models stay available, just on a platform where the organization controls data handling. Anyone rolling out AI tools at a university or public body can take the sequence as a lesson: provide an approved alternative first, then block.

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