When Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama this month announced his new Cabinet, it was not his choice of finance minister or foreign minister that gained the most attention. The biggest news was Rama’s appointment of an artificial intelligence-powered bot as the new minister of public procurement. “Diella” will oversee and allocate all public tenders that the government assigns to private firms. It “is the first member of government who is not physically present, but virtually created by artificial intelligence,” Rama declared.

Edi Rama ad Amici e nemici: la ministra creata con l’intelligenza artificiale «è stata coinvolta nel processo di integrazione europea dell’Albania»

When Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama this month announced his new Cabinet, it was not his choice of finance minister or foreign minister that gained the most attention. The…

TIRANA, Albania: Last week, Albania announced that an AI-generated minister would take charge of a new public tenders portfolio. “Diella” is touted as the world’s first virtual…