Albania puts AI-created 'minister' in charge of public procurement
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- Albania introduces Diella, an AI digital assistant, as the first 'virtually created' cabinet minister to oversee public procurement.
- Diella, meaning 'Sun' in Albanian, assists users on the e-Albania portal with bureaucratic tasks and aims to eliminate corruption in public tenders.
- Prime Minister Edi Rama announced Diella's role in ensuring '100% clear' public spending by using AI to objectively assess tender bids.
- Public procurement decisions will gradually shift from government ministries to AI to remove human biases and corruption risks.
- Albania has faced corruption scandals in public tenders, often linked to money laundering and organized crime.
- While some praise the move as a technological leap in governance, others remain skeptical, doubting AI's immunity to corruption.