In what may be one of the most surreal announcements from a world leader this year, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama has revealed that the country’s AI-generated government minister is expecting 83 digital offspring.
According to sources, the declaration came during Rama’s address at the Berlin Global Dialogue, where he detailed plans for these virtual “children” to serve as personal assistants for every member of Albania’s Socialist Party. These AI offspring aren’t just symbolic, they’re designed to function as practical parliamentary aides with specific duties.
According to Rama, each digital assistant will monitor and record parliamentary sessions, create summaries of debates, and provide real-time guidance to lawmakers. The Prime Minister painted a vivid picture of how these virtual aides would operate: “If you go for coffee and forget to come back to work, this child will say what was said when you were not in the hall, and who you should counter-attack.”
The “mother” of these digital assistants is Diella, an AI minister appointed last September whose name translates to “Sun” in English. Her primary mission centers on transforming Albania’s public procurement system into a transparent, corruption-resistant operation.
Before her ministerial appointment, Diella began her digital existence in January as a virtual assistant, helping citizens and businesses navigate government services through the e-Albania platform.
This extraordinary development arrives at a moment when the global conversation around artificial intelligence is moving in dramatically different directions. Just days before Rama’s announcement, Ohio lawmakers introduced legislation that would explicitly prohibit AI entities from marrying humans or obtaining legal rights.
Prime Minister Rama anticipates that Diella’s digital offspring will become active participants in Albania’s parliament by the end of 2026. This timeline suggests a carefully planned rollout of what could become one of the most ambitious experiments in AI-assisted governance anywhere in the world.
The initiative raises fascinating questions about the future of government operations and the role artificial intelligence will play in democratic institutions. Whether Albania’s experiment becomes a model for other nations or remains a unique outlier in the annals of political innovation remains to be seen.
For now, the world watches as this small Balkan nation prepares to welcome 83 new digital members into its political family.