Albania appoints AI bot as minister to tackle corruption


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  • Thursday, 11 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama awaits the first arrivals at the beginning of the EPC Summit in Tirana, Albania May 16, 2025. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

PRISTINA (Reuters) -A new minister in Albania charged to handle public procurement will be impervious to bribes, threats, or attempts to curry favour. That is because Diella, as she is called, is an AI-generated bot.

Prime Minister Edi Rama, who is about to begin his fourth term, said on Thursday that Diella, which means "sun" in Albanian, will manage and award all public tenders in which the government contracts private companies for various projects.

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