Albania names AI bot ‘Diella’ as procurement minister in anti-corruption push

[John Short]

Interesting development in Albania

"Albania has appointed an artificial-intelligence system as a cabinet-level minister to oversee public procurement, a move the government says is designed to remove human discretion from the awarding of state contracts.
Prime Minister Edi Rama introduced the AI bot, named “Diella” — Albanian for “sun” — while unveiling his new cabinet on Thursday as he prepares to begin a fourth term.

Rama said Diella will manage and award all government tenders, a sphere long marred by corruption allegations in the Balkan state. He described Diella as Albania’s first virtual cabinet member, adding that the aim is to ensure tenders are “100% free of corruption”. The government did not publish technical details on governance, audit trails or human oversight for the system."

https://eutoday.net/albania-names-ai-bot-diella-as-procurement-minister/

I imagine there will be other sites that have commentary on this.
 
Update

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/albania-s-government-debuts-its-ai-minister-to-parliament/ar-AA1MOUVM?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=68cc035a303544d8bb5205eda76deb0b&ei=71