The Government Offices of Sweden (Regeringskansliet) are blocking access to the web interface of the AI services ChatGPT and Claude from their staff's work computers from this Monday, 26 October, the body confirmed in writing to public broadcaster SVT. The measure was first reported by Ekot, of public radio Sveriges Radio. According to Mezha, the Regeringskansliet includes the Prime Minister's Office and the ministries.
Staff must instead use Microsoft Copilot, which the body says it has approved and whose security it strengthened after a review, according to SVT. Employees retain access to the ChatGPT and Claude models through the internal Intric platform, the Regeringskansliet told SVT.
According to Mezha, citing Decrypt, the head of digitalisation, Mikael Wettercrantz, wrote on the intranet that using AI services without a formal agreement can affect security and that they have seen “several examples of problematic use of open AI services”.
The Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) and the National Board of Institutional Care (Statens institutionsstyrelse) had already introduced similar blocks, and the Swedish Enforcement Authority (Kronofogden) is considering doing so, according to SVT.
It has not been reported how many employees are affected or which specific cases prompted the decision. Nor has it been specified whether Anthropic's models are enabled in the body's Copilot, according to Mezha.
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