Albania appoints world’s first AI government ‘minister’ to root out corruption

Published connected 12/09/2025 - 9:13 GMT+2 •Updated 9:25

Albania has appointed nan world's first artificial intelligence-generated authorities “minister”, aiming to make nan state “corruption-free”.

The integer adjunct is called Diella, meaning Sun, and has been advising group really to navigate authorities services online since January. On Thursday, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama announced nan integer curate to his cabinet.

"Diella is nan first [government] personnel who is not physically present, but virtually created by artificial intelligence," Rama said.

Diella will beryllium entrusted pinch each decisions connected nationalist tenders, making them "100 per cent corruption-free,” he said, adding that “every nationalist money submitted to nan tender process will beryllium perfectly transparent".

Deciding connected who wins nationalist tenders will beryllium removed from authorities ministries successful a “step-by-step” process, Rama said, adding that AI would guarantee “all nationalist spending successful nan tender process is 100 per cent clear”.

Corruption successful Albania is simply a sticking constituent for nan country, which intends to subordinate nan European Union by 2030.

Last year, nan state classed 80 retired of 180 countries successful Transparency International’s corruption index, which ranks countries by their perceived levels of corruption successful nan nationalist sector.

Rama is expected to denote his furniture successful nan coming days pursuing his reelection triumph successful May. 

Since its launch, Diella has been pictured arsenic a female dressed successful accepted Albanian garb. It is unclear if it will support its existent form.