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Albania's prime minister appoints an AI-generated 'minister' to tackle corruption
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister on Friday tapped an Artificial Intelligence-generated ‘minister’ to tackle corruption in his new Cabinet, a project launched with the help of Microsoft. Officially named Diella — the female form of...

Albania puts AI-created ‘minister’ in charge of public procurement

Albania appoints AI-powered ‘virtual minister’ to fight corruption in public procurement
Albania has appointed an AI-powered virtual minister to handle one of the most corruption-prone areas of government — public procurement. Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that Diella, the digital assistant helping e-Albania users with government...

Albania’s prime minister appoints an AI-generated ‘minister’ to tackle corruption
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama on Friday tapped an Artificial Intelligence-generated ‘minister’ for his cabinet to… TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama on Friday tapped an Artificial...

Albania's leader appoints AI-generated 'minister' to tackle corruption
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Albania second-cheapest in Europe for dining
TIRANA, Sept 12 (TemA) – Albania is one of Europe’s lowest-cost destinations for eating out and staying over, second only to North Macedonia, Eurostat’s 2024 index shows. Restaurant and hotel prices in Albania are 52.3% of the EU average. Only...

Albania appoints world's first AI Minister: Diella
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has appointed the world’s first AI-generated government minister, Diella, on September 11. This groundbreaking move aims to oversee public tenders and promises a "corruption-free" system. As he embarks on his...

Albania appoints world's first AI-generated minister
Diella is not entirely new to Albanian citizens. Since January, she has functioned as a digital assistant on the state’s e-Albania platform, guiding users through bureaucratic processes and issuing over 36,000 digital documents. With an avatar...

Albania’s prime minister wants to appoint an AI to his ministry
Albania’s prime minister has proposed appointing an artificial intelligence as a minister. Speaking at his socialist party’s annual conference yesterday, prime minister Edi Rama named his planned cabinet, and suggested the nation’s government...

AI Purges, Man Corrupts: Albania and the Naga Paradox
Vikiho Kiba Introduction: A Tale of Two Societies. When Albania announced the appointment of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) minister tasked with combating corruption, the global community took note. The move, unusual even in technologically...

Albania’s leader appoints AI-generated ‘minister’ to tackle corruption
The conservative opposition Democratic Party-led coalition, headed by former prime minister and president Sali Berisha, won 50 seats. The party has not accepted the official election results, claiming irregularities, but its members participated...

Albania’s AI virtual assistant Diella just got promoted to ‘minister’
Albania’s government AI-powered virtual assistant, which helps citizens obtain everything from driver’s licenses to pension applications and court filings, has just become one of the world’s first AI politicians. “Diella is the first cabinet...

Woman alleges son duped of 6L over fake Albania job

Albania appoints 'corruption-free' AI-generated 'minister' to oversee public tenders
ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER Edi Rama has appointed the world’s first AI-generated government minister to oversee public tenders, promising its artificial intelligence would make it “corruption-free”. Presenting his new cabinet at a meeting of his...

Albania, North Macedonia are Maltese favourite EU candidate countries
A majority of Maltese back EU membership for nine out of 10 candidate countries, provided they meet the conditions of accession, a Eurobarometer survey shows. The results indicate that an absolute majority of Maltese are in favour of Albania...

Albania appoints AI-generated minister
The Albanian Government has appointed an AI-generated minister to its procurement portfolio. In a world-first, an AI bot developed to help Albanians navigate government services online has been promoted to head public procurement, the prime...

Albania names AI bot to cabinet to manage public procurement and tackle corruption
Albania has become the first country to appoint an artificial intelligence bot as a member of the cabinet. The milestone cabinet appointment is the first ever political appointment of an AI bot in the world. Albania has broken a new record in...

Albania appoints ‘world’s first’ AI government minister
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Thursday he had appointed the world’s first AI-generated government minister to oversee public tenders, promising its artificial intelligence would make it “corruption-free”. Presenting his new cabinet at a...