The lack of clear rules on the use of digital tools based on artificial intelligence risks exposing Romania's public administration to vulnerabilities in managing internal documents. Presidential adviser Radu Burnete raised the issue during an interview with the media outlet HotNews, explaining that many state employees turn to platforms like ChatGPT or Claude to simplify routine tasks. The absence of a uniform institutional framework creates uncertainty about which content can be uploaded online.

Burnete clarified that the country currently lacks a protected, centralized environment for the daily operations of public offices. Although fiscal bodies or those linked to national security already use air-gapped systems to process sensitive data, individual officials tend to adopt individual solutions. This dynamic reflects the usual speed with which people integrate new technologies compared to the response times of state institutions.

To remedy this fragmentation, the presidency is collaborating with the National Institute of Administration and the National Agency of Civil Servants to draft a guide on the use of new technologies, scheduled for December. The document stems from research conducted among public employees and a comparison with the practices of other European countries, where the average corporate adoption rate reaches twenty percent compared to the Romanian figure of less than ten.

The declared goal is to define contracts with major IT providers to ensure that information remains within national borders or the European Union. In this way, the aim is to prevent operational dialogues of employees from being used to train commercial models, creating a secure framework that allows for increased administrative productivity.