On September 11, 2025, Albania announced Diella, a virtual minister built with artificial intelligence. She was assigned to oversee public procurement, a domain long marked by inefficiency and corruption. The appointment was symbolic as much as functional.

AI made experienced open‑source developers slower. In a randomized trial on real work, METR found that allowing AI assistance increased average completion time by about one-fifth for expert maintainers tackling issues in the repositories they know best.