'We didn't vote for ChatGPT': Prime Minister of Sweden admits he uses AI chatbots for 'second opinions' and an awful lot of people are not happy about it

Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Sweden, arrives at the NATO Summit at the World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international political and military organization established by the North Atlantic Treaty. Its members commit to protecting each other from any threat. The NATO Summit takes place this year in The Hague, where the NATO Public Forum and the NATO Summit Defense Industry Forum are held. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images).

In a recent interview with Swedish site Dagens industri (via The Guardian), Ulf Kristersson, the Prime Minister of Sweden, said he regularly consults with AI chatbots including ChatGPT and the French service Le Chat to get a "second opinion" on decisions. Unsurprisingly, that turned out to be an admission he probably should have kept to himself.

"I use it myself quite often," Kristersson said in the interview. "If for nothing else than for a second opinion. What have others done? And should we think the complete opposite? Those types of questions."