---
title: AI joins the cabinet
author: Brünner, Ebner, Schön, Hoffmann, Ortner, Leitner
date: 2026-10-09
url: https://postgenerative.at/indications/2026-10-09/8-ai-joins-the-cabinet
lang: en
type: Indication
summary: Since 2025, Albania has used the virtual minister “Diella” for public procurement.
tags:
  - Politics
  - Law
sources:
  - title: "ORF.at (2026): Korruption in Albanien: Fehlgeleitete KI-Ministerin vor Gericht [Corruption in Albania: Misguided AI minister in court]. ORF.at, 26 May 2026."
    url: https://orf.at/stories/3431001/
translatedBy: Brünner, Ebner, Schön, Hoffmann, Ortner, Leitner
license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
alternate:
  de: https://postgenerativ.at/indizien/2026-10-09/8-ki-wird-ministerin
---

# AI joins the cabinet

Since 2025, Albania has used the virtual minister “Diella” for public procurement. ORF reports investigations against its operators, a constitutional challenge and a lawsuit by the actress whose face and voice were used.

*Indication 08 of the poster “Post-Generative – A concept for our present” (9 October 2026).*