Use of AI Banned for Public Sector Employees
Sweden Bans Use of ChatGPT and Claude by Government Officials Due to Security Concerns
According to international media reports, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) services—specifically OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude—by Swedish government officials for official duties has been banned, effective immediately, due to potential risks to IT security.
Sweden’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), Mikael Vetterkrantz, stated that government employees must henceforth use only government-approved AI tools, such as Microsoft Copilot. He noted that the use of unapproved tools could pose a threat to the nation’s information security.
An internal audit recently conducted by the Swedish Transport Administration revealed several issues, including officials inputting sensitive government information into insecure AI tools and subsequently utilizing the outputs generated by them.
However, it is reported that a limited number of government officials have been granted access to use ChatGPT and Claude through a "specialized AI platform" developed by the government itself for specific purposes.