Sweden's Government Offices Block ChatGPT and Claude on Staff Computers, Steer Staff to Microsoft Copilot

Correction / update, November 2, 2026: An earlier version, following Decrypt, attributed the "problematic use of open AI services" quote to Mikael Wettercrantz. Sveriges Radio's Ekot, which first reported the story, attributes it to an internal audit at the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket); the article now follows Ekot.

Sweden's central government has blocked ChatGPT and Claude in the browser while keeping the same models available through a platform it controls. Consumer chatbots are out, the Microsoft tool it has reviewed is in, and the deciding factor is the contract, not the model. The block took effect on Monday, October 26; Sveriges Radio's Ekot first reported it, and SVT confirmed it with the Government Offices on October 23.

What is blocked#

The Government Offices told SVT in an email that "the browser interface for the AI services ChatGPT and Claude will no longer be reachable from Government Offices work computers from October 26." "Within Intric, employees still have access to the language models ChatGPT and Claude," it added, referring to an internal platform.

Staff are directed to Microsoft's Copilot, which SVT says the Government Offices reviewed and then made more secure. The Government Offices includes the Prime Minister's Office and the ministries, Notebookcheck notes.

Why#

Mikael Wettercrantz, the Government Offices' director of digitalisation, wrote on the staff intranet that using AI services without an agreement can have "consequences for our information security," Sveriges Radio's Ekot reported; he declined an interview. Decrypt also attributed to him a line about "several examples of problematic use of open AI services." Ekot's report attributes those words to a different body: an internal audit at the Swedish Transport Administration, which found widespread, risky use of about ten AI services earlier this year. Ekot also reports that the Government Offices had already restricted DeepSeek.

Whose platform#

The internal route to ChatGPT and Claude is Intric, a Swedish company that won a procurement to supply the Government Offices' AI platform in July. Intric says the platform runs on Swedish infrastructure without depending on foreign cloud services, and that the contract covers both a cloud service and on-premises installation. Its chief executive, David Wallén, said the choice was about "who has control over it, where it is, and under which jurisdiction it stands."

That makes the policy less about which models staff use than about where their prompts go. Staff can still reach OpenAI's and Anthropic's models, but through a contracted platform. The exception is Copilot, Microsoft's US cloud product, which the Government Offices approved after a security review whose details its press office declined to share, Ekot reported. US civilian agencies have gone further against one provider, with an order to remove DeepSeek products from civilian federal IT.

Who else has done this#

SVT reports that the Swedish Tax Agency and the National Board of Institutional Care already have similar blocks, and that the Enforcement Authority is preparing its own decision. Decrypt notes that the European Parliament disabled AI features on work devices in February.

The Government Offices has not said whether Anthropic's models, which Microsoft offers inside Copilot, are switched on in its version, Notebookcheck and Decrypt report.

Limits#

• SVT's, Ekot's and Intric's texts are in Swedish; English translations are Times of AI's.
• The intranet post was not seen directly; Wettercrantz's words are as reported by Ekot and Decrypt. Decrypt's attribution of the "problematic use" quote conflicts with Ekot's, and this article follows Ekot, the original reporter.
• The block applies to the Government Offices, not to all Swedish public bodies.
• Ekot says the Government Offices developed the internal platform itself; Intric describes it as Intric's platform. Both accounts are given here.

Sources#

• Sveriges Radio Ekot: Regeringskansliet spärrar AI-tjänsterna Chat GPT och Claude (October 23, 2026; in Swedish)
• Intric: Intric vinner upphandling med Regeringskansliet för suverän AI-plattform (July 8, 2026; in Swedish)
• SVT Nyheter: AI-tjänster spärras på Regeringskansliet (October 23, 2026; in Swedish)
• Decrypt: Sweden's Government Offices Block ChatGPT and Claude, Keep Microsoft Copilot (October 24, 2026)
• Notebookcheck: Sweden's government blocks ChatGPT and Claude, keeps Copilot (October 25, 2026)