Prime Minister Rama at the UN General Assembly: Albania, the First Country to Bring AI Into Government With Diella

Prime Minister Edi Rama delivered his address from the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday (September 25) on behalf of Albania.

From the UN hall, the head of the executive opened his remarks with Artificial Intelligence, stressing:

“The danger for Artificial Intelligence is that it will obediently answer to the wrong person.”

He supported the development of technology and Artificial Intelligence by “controlling it as well as possible and creating efficient institutions and civilization”.

“Mr. President, dear representatives of the United Nations, I have been very pleasantly surprised that many friends wanted to know about what is happening in our country with AI. It has changed the meaning of human survival. Who can enter a citizen’s mind, imitate a trusted voice. Albania is not a developer of cutting-edge word models, but we are a nation that has lived the future that others are still debating. I think the message we owe you is extremely simple: the immediate danger is not that AI will stop obeying humanity, but that it will obey the wrong person,” the prime minister began his address.

He also spoke about the implementation of Intelligence in Government, with the case of Diella, recounting Albania’s experience in this field.

“Albania is the first country to bring Artificial Intelligence into the government structure through Diella. Procedures become more transparent and the state more accountable.”

“The biggest danger is not that artificial intelligence will stop obeying humanity. The biggest danger will be if it obeys the wrong person. The challenge comes on three levels: what intelligence does in our country, what it does to us, and who gains the power to reach us,” Rama declared.

According to him, the challenge of artificial intelligence unfolds on three main levels: what it does in our country, what it does to us as individuals and as a society, and who gains the power to reach us.

The prime minister stressed that machines have no conscience, but they can “borrow” the reach of a government, the position of a weapon and the intimacy of a friend.

At the same time, he noted the economic incentives surrounding the development of artificial intelligence, which often replace human effort instead of increasing human capacity.

“We can create more efficient institutions, but we will have less capable people,” Rama warned.

In his address, the Albanian prime minister treated artificial intelligence as a dual-potential technology: a tool that can strengthen governance and public services, but also a serious risk if it falls into the wrong hands or is used without control and human responsibility.