Stolen the world’s attention, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that their artificial intelligence (AI) minister is now ‘pregnant’ and will give birth to “83 digital children”.
In an effort to tackle the country’s corruption issue, Albania had previously opted for a technological approach by appointing an artificial intelligence system named Diella as the Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence.
This makes Diella the world’s first AI minister.
Developed by the National Agency for Information Society (AKSHI) in collaboration with global companies, Diella was first introduced in January 2025 as a virtual assistant on the e-Albania platform to help citizens obtain documents and public services digitally.
On September 11, 2025, Prime Minister Rama announced his appointment to the cabinet, giving Diella the main responsibility to oversee the field of public procurement and government contracts to eradicate high corruption practices in the sector.
In his speech, Rama said that Diella would help ensure that public tenders would be 100% free from corruption and stressed that AI would not have personal advantages or conflicts of interest like humans.
The appointment was welcomed with hopes that the technology could accelerate digital transformation, improve government efficiency and support Albania’s goal of joining the European Union (EU) by 2030.
However, critics have raised concerns about how the responsibilities of a “minister” could be given to a non-human entity in terms of constitutionality, accountability and cybersecurity.
Diella also made global headlines when Prime Minister Rama announced that “Diella is pregnant” with 83 “children”, referring to 83 AI digital assistants that will be assigned to each member of parliament from the government.
This became a metaphor that highlighted the country’s technological vision.
However, the full implementation of the system is still in its early stages and its impact on government administration and Albanian democracy remains to be closely watched by technology and governance observers.
