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A New Face of Authority: Albania Hands Power to AI

For the first time, a nation has given political power to an algorithm.
A New Face of Authority: Albania Hands Power to AI
Albania’s new artificial intelligence-generated minister, “Diella,” speaks during the country's parliamentary session in Tirana, Albania, on Sept. 18, 2025. Adnan Beci/AFP
Kay Rubacek
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This is not a joke. Albania just appointed the world’s first government minister fully generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Her name is Diella, which is Albanian for sun, and she has been officially appointed as minister of state for AI with the task of overseeing public procurement, one of the country’s most corruption-plagued systems.

Kay Rubacek
Kay Rubacek
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Kay Rubacek is an award-winning educator, filmmaker, author, and mother. Detained in a Chinese prison in 2001 for her human-rights advocacy, she has since dedicated her work to exposing the systems and ideologies that diminish human life and human sovereignty. She has been a contributor to The Epoch Times since 2010.