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Albania’s AI minister turns out to be an actor


Edi Rama, the Prime Minister of Albania, proclaimed last week he was appointing a new government minister who would be … an AI! [Politico] Rama said in July: [Politico] One day, we might even…

Rama is preparing Albania’s European Union application “with AI” — whatever that means — with Mira Murati from Thinking Machines, who is Albanian. But she’s contracted to December 2025 — which doesn’t make sense for image licensing, but does for an acting gig. The “AI minister” plan looks like Rama dealing with corruption by taking on the Procurement ministry himself.

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