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Sweden's Government Offices block ChatGPT and Claude on work computers from Monday

From Monday 26 October, staff at Sweden's Government Offices can no longer open the ChatGPT and Claude websites from work computers, and are directed instead to approved services led by Microsoft Copilot, while some staff keep access to the models through an internal platform.

By James Calloway · · 1 min read

Staff at Sweden’s Government Offices, the Regeringskansliet that supports the prime minister and the cabinet, will no longer be able to open the ChatGPT and Claude websites from their work computers from Monday 26 October 2026, Gobi Daily reported.

Sveriges Radio’s news desk Ekot first reported the block on 23 October, Gobi Daily reported. In an email to broadcaster SVT, the Government Offices confirmed: “The browser interface for the AI services ChatGPT and Claude will no longer be reachable from the Government Offices’ work computers from October 26.”

The offices want employees to use the AI services they have approved, including Microsoft Copilot, which all staff have access to, Gobi Daily reported. According to internal information seen by Ekot, the offices also raised Copilot’s security settings after a review.

The block covers the public chatbot websites, not the underlying models. In the same email to SVT, the offices said staff still have access to the ChatGPT and Claude language models through Intric, an internal AI assistant platform, Gobi Daily reported.

Digital director Mikael Wettercrantz declined an interview with Ekot, Gobi Daily reported. In a comment on the offices’ intranet, he wrote that using AI services without an agreement can have “consequences for our information security.”

This is a workplace restriction on managed work computers, not a law banning the services for the Swedish public, and no incident or leak is claimed as the trigger in the reporting. The Government Offices had already restricted the Chinese AI service DeepSeek, Gobi Daily reported.

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