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  TUMO creative technology center to open in Armenia`s Vanadzor
ArmInfo. Another TUMO Center for Creative Technologies will open in Vanadzor. The corresponding decision was approved by the Armenian Cabinet of Ministers on October 30. According to the explanatory note to the document, the Simonyan Educational...
 
    
  Armenia's Seventh TUMO Center for Creative Technologies to Open in Vanadzor
A TUMO center for creative technologies will open in Vanadzor, the seventh in Armenia. YEREVAN, October 30. /ARKA/. A TUMO center for creative technologies will open in Vanadzor, the seventh in Armenia. For this purpose, in accordance with the...
 
    
  Elon Musk 'rewriting history books' with AI research into ancient Rome
Elon Musk declared he is "rewriting history books" with AI research into ancient Rome. The technology billionaire announced significant funding for digital heritage projects focused on the classical world. Speaking at an awards event in Rome on...
 
    
  Albania’s AI minister to “give birth” to 83 digital assistants, PM Says
Published on: October 28, 2025 4:40 PM TIRANA – Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that AI minister Della will soon “give birth” to 83 digital assistants. He made the statement at the Berlin Global Dialogue Conference. The announcement...
 
    
  Albania’s AI Minister ‘Pregnant’ with 83 digital assistants in bold governance experiment
Tech News The move, part of Albania’s digital governance push, has sparked both praise for innovation and concern over AI accountability. New Delhi: The PM of Albania, Edi Rama, made a statement that crossed the boundaries of both technology and...
 
    
  Albania’s AI minister ‘pregnant’ with 83 children, PM says
Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama has announced that the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) “minister”, Diella, is “pregnant” with 83 virtual offspring — one for each ruling party lawmaker — who will serve as digital parliamentary assistants....
 
    
  Albania's "Pregnant" AI Minister Sparks Global Debate on Machine Governance
Tirana, Albania – October 27, 2025 – In a surreal twist blending technology, humor, and high-stakes politics, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has thrust his country's pioneering AI minister, Diella, into the international spotlight. Speaking at...
 
    
  Albania’s AI minister is ‘pregnant with 83 children’ - Prime Minister
Albania’s AI-generated government minister, named Diella, has made global headlines after Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that the virtual official is “pregnant” and will soon “give birth” to 83 AI children, each of which will serve as digital...
 
    
  Meet Albania’s ‘pregnant’ AI-generated minister
Is this Edi Rama’s greatest art project yet? In September, the prime minister of Albania appointed an AI chatbot to his cabinet, called Diella, giving it full ‘responsibility’ over his government’s procurement processes, according to reports in...
 
    
  Explained: What Albania PM Meant When He Said AI Minister Is ‘Pregnant’ With 83 Children
Last Updated:October 28, 2025, 16:15 IST The announcement contains a serious kernel of policy and symbolic intent: each of those “children” is in fact an AI assistant to the 83 MPs from the ruling Socialist Party. The AI minister, named Diella...
 
    
  From Artificial Intelligence to Artificial Pregnancy: Albania’s Digital Minister Has 83 Kids
☀️THE DAY politics GOT WEIRDER THAN SCIENCE FICTION In a world that can barely handle deepfakes and disinformation, Albania just birthed the next level of reality distortion — quite literally. During the Berlin Global Dialogue, prime minister Edi...
 
    
  Albania's First AI Minister 'Pregnant', Set To Give Birth To 83 Digital 'Children', Says PM Rama
Albania made headlines worldwide by appointing Diella, an AI system, as the world’s first cabinet minister. Months after unveiling Albania's first AI-generated government minister, Prime Minister Edi Rama made a bizarre announcement that she is...
 
    
  Albania Introduces AI Minister to Revolutionize Public Procurement
Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama outlined, during the Berlin Global Dialogue, the government’s plan to integrate artificial intelligence into public administration: an AI-created minister of state procurement named Diella is allegedly pregnant...
 
    
  Elon Musk to ‘rewrite history books’ through AI archaeological research
Whether likening his social media platform to a colosseum battleground or challenging another tech magnate to a gladiatorial duel, Elon Musk has long made clear his fascination with the ancient world order. Now the world’s richest man, who once...
 
    
  Urgent stem cell plea for toddler with rare blood disorder
The family of a toddler who has spent most of his life in hospital being treated for a rare and life-threatening blood disorder have made an urgent plea for a stem cell donor. Two-year-old Maison was diagnosed with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS)...
 
    
  Toddler with rare blood disorder needs stem cell match to survive
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
 
    
  World's First AI Minister: How Albania Is Using AI to End Corruption
World's First AI Minister: In September 2025, Albania became the first country to appoint an artificial intelligence system, Diella, as a government minister. She was appointed by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. According to Albania’s National...
 
    
  New AI Minister in Albania ‘pregnant with 83 children’ – PM Edi Rama makes bizarre announcement about digital assistants
Albania introduced an AI-generated government ‘minister’ last month — the first artificial intelligence system in the world to hold a cabinet-level post. Diella made her debut with a Parliamentary address with a lofty goal of tackling corruption...
 
    
  Eco Buildings completes groundwork for Tirana apartment development
The AIM-traded modular housing specialist said the milestone led to receipt of an initial €0.22m, representing 10% of the contract value, from the project developer. Construction of the ground floor had now startedf, with the firm expecting to...
 
    
  Meet Albania’s AI Minister ‘Pregnant’ with 83 kids, shocks world
Albania’s AI-generated minister, Diella, is making global headlines, this time for being ‘pregnant.’ Diella, the world’s first minister based entirely on artificial intelligence, is said to be expecting 83 ‘children.’ Albania’s Prime Minister, Edi...