{"id":1676,"date":"2025-09-13T18:42:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T18:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2025-09-15T18:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:49:00","slug":"albania-appoints-ai-bot-as-minister-to-tackle-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/13\/albania-appoints-ai-bot-as-minister-to-tackle-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania appoints AI bot as minister to tackle corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diella, formerly a virtual assistant on the government website, will handle public procurement, Prime Minister Edi Rama has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Albania will soon be the first country to have an AI chatbot as a virtual minister, in an effort to clamp down on corruption by turning to an unbribable digital official.<\/p>\n

The Balkan nation ranked 80th out of 180 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for last year.<\/p>\n

Diella, meaning ‘sun’ in Albanian, will be responsible for all public procurement in Albania moving forward, Prime Minister Edi Rama said at a party assembly in Tirana on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The bot initially launched earlier in the year on the e-Albania platform as an AI virtual assistant that helped citizens with government services. Its avatar appears as a young brunette woman dressed in traditional Albanian garb.<\/p>\n

“Diella is the first cabinet member who isn’t physically present but is virtually created by AI,”<\/em> Rama said.<\/p>\n

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“The public procurement must be transformed, which we need to gradually transfer to AI, making Albania a country where public tenders are 100% free from corruption,”<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

The awarding of public sector contracts in the Balkan country has long been a source of graft scandals, complicating Albania’s EU bid since it was officially granted candidate status in 2014.<\/p>\n

In recent months, the country was rocked by a major corruption scandal centered around waste management. In April, seven former officials were convicted on abuse of power charges.<\/p>\n

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The European Commission regularly highlights the problem of corruption in the Balkan state as part of its rule of law reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Diella, formerly a virtual assistant on the government website, will handle public procurement, Prime Minister Edi Rama has said Albania will soon be the first country to have an AI chatbot as a virtual minister, in an effort to clamp down on corruption by turning to an unbribable digital official….<\/p>\n

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