Overview

• The AI avatar, Diella, addressed Parliament by video, saying she is not there to replace people but to help them.
• Lawmakers approved Prime Minister Edi Rama’s four‑year program with 82 votes in the 140‑seat chamber after opposition protests cut the session short.
• The government says Diella will automatically evaluate bids and remove award decisions from ministries to make tenders fully transparent.
• Opposition deputies denounced the appointment as violating constitutional requirements for ministers and prepared to take the case to the Constitutional Court.
• Authorities have not disclosed training data, human oversight or cybersecurity safeguards for Diella, who began the year as an e‑Albania virtual assistant reportedly developed with Microsoft.