Albania’s prime minister on Friday introduced an AI-generated “minister” to lead the fight against corruption in his new Cabinet, a project developed with Microsoft’s support.
Officially named Diella – the female form of the word for sun in the Albanian language – the new AI minister is a virtual entity.
Diella will be a "member of the Cabinet who is not present physically but has been created virtually," Prime Minister Edi Rama said in a post on Facebook.
Rama said the AI-generated bot would help ensure that "public tenders will be 100% free of corruption” and would help the government work faster and with full transparency.
Diella was created in cooperation with Microsoft, using AI’s up-to-date models and techniques to guarantee accuracy in offering the duties it is charged with, an official at Albania’s National Agency for Information Society said.
