Albania’s government debuts its AI ‘minister’ to parliament

An Albanian expert works at the National Agency for Information Society as an artificial intelligence ‘minister’ Diella is seen on the screens in Tirana, Albania (Vlasov Sulaj/AP)

An AI-generated government “minister” was debuted in the Albanian parliament on Thursday, with Prime Minister Edi Rama presenting the bot as a symbol of his government’s push for transparency and innovation.

“The constitution speaks of institutions at the people’s service. It doesn’t speak of chromosomes, of flesh or blood,” the avatar declared in a three-minute address delivered from two large screens.