"A digital assistant that helps people navigate government services online has become the first virtually created AI cabinet minister and put in charge of public procurement in an attempt to cut down on corruption, the Albanian prime minister has said. Diella, which means Sun in Albanian, has been advising users on the state's e-Albania portal since January, helping them through voice commands with the full range of bureaucratic tasks they need to perform in order to access about 95% of citizen services digitally."
"Diella, the first cabinet member who is not physically present, but has been virtually created by AI, would help make Albania a country where public tenders are 100% free of corruption, Edi Rama said on Thursday. Announcing the makeup of his fourth consecutive government at the ruling Socialist party conference in Tirana, Rama said Diella, who on the e-Albania portal is dressed in traditional Albanian costume, would become the servant of public procurement."
Diella is a digital assistant on the state's e-Albania portal that guides users by voice through bureaucratic tasks to access about 95% of citizen services digitally. Diella is the first virtually created AI cabinet member and has been assigned to oversee public procurement with the aim of eliminating corruption in public tenders. Decision-making power over selecting tender winners will be transferred from government ministries to an AI-managed process in stages to ensure full transparency of public spending. Diella will examine every government tender and objectively assess the merits of bids. Public tenders have been a longstanding source of corruption and money-laundering activity in Albania.
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