Albania’s new Minister of Artificial Intelligence is an actual AI-generated bot, charged to handle public procurement and tackle corruption.
It is the first country in the world to have an AI minister — not a minister for AI, but a virtual minister made of pixels and code and powered by artificial intelligence.
The Prime Minister said the bot, whose name is Diella, is the first cabinet member who isn’t physically present, but is virtually created by AI.”
He added that she will help make Albania “a country where public tenders are 100% free of corruption.”
The government did not provide details of what human oversight there might be for Diella, or address risks that it could be manipulated.
