Albania taps an AI ‘cabinet minister’ to tackle corruption

An Albanian expert works at the National Agency for Information Society as an artificial intelligence "minister" Diella, whose name means "Sun" in Albanian, is seen on the screens in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj Albania’s prime minister on Friday tapped an Artificial Intelligence-generated “minister” to tackle corruption in his new cabinet, a project launched with the help of Microsoft. Officially named Diella — the female form of the word for sun in the Albanian language — the new AI minister is a virtual entity. Diella will...