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Albania appoints world's first AI-made minister https://www.politico.eu/article/albania-apppoints-worlds-first-virtual-minister-edi-rama-diella/ Albania turns to AI to beat corruption and join EU https://www.politico.eu/article/albania-use-ai-artificial-intelligenve-join-eu-corruption/ Who is the woman "hiding" behind Diella, the first virtual minister in Albania? https://www.balkanweb.com/en/Who-is-the-woman-hiding-behind-the-sun--the-first-virtual-minister-decreed-in-Albania/ Kush është Diella? Anila Bisha tregon të vërtetën pas figurës së ministres virtuale https://zoom.al/kush-eshte-diella-anila-bisha-tregon-te-verteten-pas-figures-se-ministres-virtuale/ Albania's Rama seeks fourth term in election dominated by graft, EU membership https://www.reuters.com/world/albanias-rama-seeks-fourth-term-election-dominated-by-graft-eu-membership-2025-05-08/

Albania's AI minister makes first address to parliament https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWhrs0gJsps

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