This country is first in the world to make AI a minister, and its duties are fighting corruption

Albania is making an artificial intelligence-powered digital assistant named Diella its minister, the world’s first artificial intelligence system to serve as a government minister, tasked with overseeing public procurement to eliminate corruption. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced the appointment this week, promising the AI minister will make Albania “a country where public tenders are 100% free of corruption.

Diella, meaning “sun” in Albanian, will manage all government contract decisions previously handled by human officials, ensuring complete transparency in public spending.