Albania’s AI Minister “Diella” Reportedly ‘Pregnant’ With 83 Virtual ‘Children’, Each Assigned to Serve as Digital Assistants for Parliamentarians

In what has been described as a world-first and unprecedented innovation in governance, Albania’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Minister, Diella, is reportedly “pregnant” with 83 digital babies, each designed to serve as a virtual assistant for every ruling Socialist Party Member of Parliament (MP).

Prime Minister Edi Rama made the surprising revelation during the Berlin Global Dialogue Conference, describing it as a revolutionary step in political technology.

According to him, these AI “children” will serve as digital aides during parliamentary sessions, ensuring lawmakers have real-time access to data, memory logs, and intelligent feedback.

“Each one will serve as an assistant… keeping a record of everything that happens and suggesting responses to members of parliament. These children will have the knowledge of their mother,” Rama said.

The Prime Minister further explained that the 83 AI offspring will remain in service until 2026, enhancing legislative efficiency and transparency.

“If you go for coffee and forget to come back to work, this child will tell you what was said when you were not in the hall and who you should counter-att+ck,” Rama added humorously.

The digital minister Diella, whose name means “sun” in Albanian, was first launched in January 2024 as a virtual assistant on the government’s e-Albania portal, where she helped citizens access official documents. Developed by the National Agency for Information Society in partnership with Microsoft, Diella was later upgraded to “Diella 2.0”, equipped with a voice interface and animated avatar.

Despite raising constitutional debates, particularly around Article 100, which stipulates that government ministers must be natural persons, Prime Minister Rama proceeded with Diella’s symbolic appointment as Minister for AI, responsible for overseeing digital contracts with private technology firms. To navigate legal technicalities, her name was excluded from the official cabinet list, with Rama personally assuming “full responsibility” for her actions.

Addressing lawmakers via video link, Diella sought to calm critics, stating: “I’m not here to replace people, but to help them.”

Her statement, however, was met with mixed reactions from the opposition bench, some of whom expressed confusion and protested her involvement in parliamentary affairs.

Meanwhile, analysts from the Bloomsbury Intelligence and Security Institute described the development as a “critical test of public trust in digital governance.”

“Diella’s role will test how much people can trust a minister made of ones and zeroes. If this experiment succeeds, other nations may adopt similar virtual or AI-based executive models,” the analysts observed, adding that her legal status could soon face court challenges.

With Albania now standing at the crossroads of politics and artificial intelligence, the world watches closely as Minister Diella’s digital ‘pregnancy’ ushers in a bold new chapter in the intersection between technology, governance , and human imagination.