From Monday, Sweden’s Government Offices block browser access to ChatGPT and Claude on staff work computers, directing employees to Microsoft Copilot after citing information-security risks from uncontracted services.
Sweden’s Government Offices will cut browser access to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude on staff work computers starting Monday, October 26th, 2026.
The administrative body that supports the prime minister and the ministries confirmed the change in an email to SVT Nyheter. Staff are instead directed to Microsoft Copilot, which the offices reviewed and whose security settings they tightened.
Digitalisation director Mikael Wettercrantz wrote on the staff intranet that using AI services without a formal agreement can have consequences for information security. He noted several examples of problematic use of open AI tools.
The Government Offices told SVT that the browser interface for ChatGPT and Claude will no longer be reachable from official computers from October 26th, while employees retain access to both models through Intric, the internal platform the offices built themselves. Sveriges Radio Ekot first reported the planned block.
Other Swedish agencies, including the Tax Agency and the National Board of Institutional Care, have already introduced similar restrictions, according to the reports. The Enforcement Authority is preparing its own position.
The move leaves civil servants who handle sensitive policy documents with a narrower set of approved AI tools on their official machines while preserving limited access for some through the in-house system. Outcomes on whether other vendors will later be reviewed remain open.