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Albania Names AI 'Minister' Diella to Run Public Procurement

Diella, an AI virtual assistant promoted to minister, aims to ensure 100% corruption-free public procurement by using algorithm-based oversight, impacting Albania's EU accession goals.

  • Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama has appointed Diella, an AI-powered assistant, as the new minister of public procurement to combat corruption in government contracts.
  • Diella will review and decide on government tenders, aiming for transparency in public spending.
  • This groundbreaking appointment aims to tackle Albania's longstanding issues with bribery and favoritism in public contracts.
  • While the appointment has been welcomed, skepticism remains regarding Diella's ability to prevent corruption, as expressed by social media comments.
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In Albania, artificial intelligence is to decide on the award of public contracts.

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Center

Diella, whose name means "Sun" in Albanian, will be responsible for projects financed by public funds.

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During the meeting of the National Assembly of the Socialist Party, Prime Minister Edi Rama began the presentation of the new government for the fourth mandate to lead the country. On this occasion Rama presented the prime minister of history created with the Artificial Intelligence, called Diella. In his opinion, he will have no geographical boundaries and will deal, among other things, with public procurement. Diella

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Albania will become the first country in the world to give a ministerial portfolio to an artificial intelligence (IA), 'Diella', which will manage the system of...

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Lean Left

The new minister is the AI named Diella, with whom the government would make tenders 100 percent clean.

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U.S. News broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, September 11, 2025.
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