"Yesterday, the virtual assistant "Diella" made its "inaugural address" to the Albanian parliament. Maybe unsurprisingly, the software - which had been appointed Minister for Public Procurements last week by prime minister Edi Rama - was met with fury by certain officials. Chaotic video shared by Albanian media group Report TV shows lawmakers from the opposition party throwing bottles and desk clutter at the prime minister and his cabinet members, after previous attempts to block the address failed."
""Some have called me 'unconstitutional' because I am not a human being," the program chimed. "Let me remind you, the real danger to constitutions has never been the machines but the inhumane decisions of those in power." The opposition party, the Democratic Party of Albania (PD), is a conservative organization which holds slightly less sway than the ruling party, the Socialist Party of Albania, a democratic socialist group."
"Initially, Rama seemed to float the idea of an AI minister as a tongue-in-cheek threat - as if to draw attention to the urgent task of tackling political corruption, seen as key for Albania's bid to join the European Union. But in a dumbfounding move, the prime minister went ahead and appointed Diella to his cabinet after all, bestowing it with complete control over all public contracts."
A virtual assistant named Diella was appointed Minister for Public Procurements in Albania and delivered an inaugural address to parliament. The appointment provoked violent protests from opposition lawmakers who threw bottles and desk items and attempted to block the address. Diella countered constitutional objections by arguing that machines are not the threat but inhumane decisions by those in power. The opposition Democratic Party and the ruling Socialist Party both face longstanding corruption linked to post-1990s market reforms. Prime Minister Edi Rama appointed Diella with authority over public contracts and claimed the move will make procurement fully corruption-free.
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