Albania’s AI minister to ‘give birth’ to 83 digital assistants

Albania’s AI minister Diella to “give birth” to 83 digital assistants assigned to parliament members

In a move that has stunned both technologists and political observers, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that Diella, the nation’s AI-generated Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, is “pregnant” with 83 digital children.

The statement, made during the Global Dialogue event in Berlin, is a metaphor for a bold new initiative — each of the 83 “children” represents a digital AI assistant that will be assigned to members of Albania’s ruling Socialist Party. These assistants are designed to brief lawmakers, summarize sessions, and suggest counterarguments in real time.

Introduced in September 2025, Diella is the world’s first AI to hold a cabinet-level position, managing the country’s complex public procurement systems. The Albanian government claims the initiative will increase transparency and reduce corruption by minimizing human bias in major decisions.

However, the experiment has faced sharp criticism. Opposition MPs jeered during Diella’s parliamentary debut, calling the program “techno-theatrics.” Analysts warn that replacing human oversight with AI raises deep ethical and accountability concerns, since constitutions are written for people, not algorithms.

Supporters argue the move reflects Albania’s commitment to digital modernization, noting Diella’s earlier success as an AI service avatar on the e-Albania portal, where she processed over a million citizen requests.

The announcement has gone viral globally, sparking debate about AI’s role in governance. Whether this step turns Albania into a pioneer of digital democracy or a cautionary tale about technological overreach remains to be seen. For now, all eyes are on Diella — and her 83 digital “offspring” — as Albania’s unprecedented experiment unfolds.