Sweden's central government agency, Regeringskansliet, will cut off browser access to ChatGPT and Claude on office machines beginning Monday, Oct. 26, public broadcaster Sveriges Radio reported, citing an internal staff memo. Microsoft Copilot remains the sole AI tool approved for official use.
The cutoff applies across the agency, which houses the prime minister's office and every ministry. A small group of employees can still reach both chatbots through a homegrown AI platform the agency built internally, according to the broadcaster.
Mikael Wettercrantz, the agency's digitalisation director, told staff in an internal post that running AI tools without a signed contract could carry “consequences for our information security.” He added that officials had “seen several examples of problematic use of open AI services.”
Sweden's Tax Agency and the National Government Service Centre have rolled out comparable limits, Sveriges Radio said. A prior internal review at the Transport Administration flagged staff relying on ten open AI tools the agency deemed risky.
The broadcaster gave no specific examples of misuse and did not say how many employees keep access through the internal platform. Microsoft folded Claude models into Copilot back in February 2026, though whether that integration is active in the agency's rollout remains unclear.
The European Parliament switched off AI features on work devices in February 2026, and Italy temporarily barred ChatGPT in 2023, though Sveriges Radio drew no direct link between those episodes and the new policy.
