WORLD’S FIRST AI MINISTER – ALBANIA

Current Context: Albania appointed “Diella” — an AI-generated bot — as the world’s first AI Minister to handle and award public tenders for government projects.

ROLE OF AI IN GOVERNANCE

• Improves efficiency in urban planning, healthcare, disaster relief
• Reduces corruption through automation
• Enhances citizen service delivery (chatbots, multilingual apps)
• Challenges:
  • Risk to democracy, accountability, and transparency
  • Data privacy issues, bias and discrimination
  • Lack of legal framework for AI errors