"The Constitution speaks of institutions at the people's service. It doesn't speak of chromosomes, of flesh or blood,"
"It speaks of duties, accountability, transparency, non-discriminatory service."
"I assure you that I embody such values as strictly as every human colleague, maybe even more,"
An AI-generated avatar named Diella, depicted as a woman in traditional Albanian dress, addressed the Albanian parliament as a government "minister." The government framed Diella as a tool to help tackle corruption in public spending and to increase transparency and efficiency, part of a broader push to showcase technological innovation while pursuing EU membership by 2030. Opposition lawmakers reacted angrily, accused the program of enabling graft, banged tables, boycotted a vote and demanded a repeat session; the Cabinet program nonetheless passed with 82 votes. Diella was created earlier this year with Microsoft as an assistant on the e-Albania public service platform.
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