Albania becomes first country to appoint an AI as Minister – Reuters
Diella was originally launched earlier this year as an AI-powered virtual assistant on the e-Albania platform. Photo: Reuters
On September 11, 2025, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced the appointment of a bot minister created with artificial intelligence. Named Diella – meaning “sun” in Albanian – she will oversee all state procurement, immune to bribes, threats, or attempts at favoritism, Reuters reports.
Rama explained that Diella will manage and award all government tenders through which contracts are signed with private companies for various projects.
“Diella is the first cabinet member who isn’t physically present, but is virtually created by AI,” the Prime Minister said at the presentation of the new government. According to him, she will help make Albania “a country where public tenders are 100% free of corruption.”
Reuters notes that public contracts have long been a source of corruption scandals in Albania – a Balkan nation that experts say has become a hub for gangs laundering profits from global narcotics and arms trafficking. This reputation has complicated Albania’s bid to join the EU, which Rama aims to achieve by 2030.
The government has not provided details on what human oversight will be exercised over the AI minister, nor has it addressed the risks of possible manipulation of the bot.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that ChatGPT had driven a former Yahoo top manager to kill his mother and commit suicide.
Read also
ROC approves procedure for receiving members of Ukrainian schismatic groups
The ROC Synod has adopted a document governing the reception of communities and clergy from the OCU, UOC-KP, and UAOC.
OCU cleric's church preference poll delivers unexpected results
When an OCU cleric from Rivne asked Ukrainians which Church they preferred, most Threads users who responded chose the UOC.
Reports to SBU of weapons in UOC churches were always false, Novynskyi says
The protodeacon said that under Maliuk, inspections began to be accompanied by public accusations against the Church without evidence.
Culture Ministry pledges to speed up seizure of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra from UOC
Culture Minister Tetiana Berezhna has pledged to personally attend a court hearing in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra case.
Kamianske Eparchy honors Dnipro Icon of the Mother of God for first time
A festive service was held at a cathedral in Kamianske, where the Dnipro Icon of the Mother of God was brought out for veneration by the faithful for the first time.
Kyiv conscription officers abduct UOC priest
TRC officers reportedly abducted Maksym Kostiuchenko, a cleric of a UOC church in the Ukrainian capital.