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 minister, and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama promised the appointment would end rampant corruption in government contracts — a major obstacle to the Balkan nation’s accession to the European Union. But serious technical, political and ethical questions have been raised about the virtual lawmaker. Truly incorruptible?

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…