🚨World’s First AI Minister

The AI world is shifting fast.

Albania just appointed Diella, the world’s first “AI minister,” who is officially in charge of public procurement with the goal of making government tenders completely free of corruption.

Sam Altman sat down with Tucker Carlson to discuss AI’s risks, privacy, and faith before being grilled on the 2024 death of former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji. Watch the interview here, with the Balaji segment beginning at 34:30.

Replit launched Agent 3, its most autonomous coding agent that can build apps, test itself in a live browser, fix bugs, and even generate new agents to work alongside you. And YouTube introduced AI multi-language audio allowing viewers to watch videos in their own language.

Let’s get into it.

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Albania

Albania Appoints the World’s First AI Minister

Albania just made history as the first country to elevate an AI into government. Diella (“sun” in Albanian), a virtual entity created with artificial intelligence, has been sworn in as Minister for Public Procurement — a first-of-its-kind cabinet role aimed at cleaning up corruption.

🤖 Who Is Diella?

• Virtual entity created using AI, first launched in Jan 2025 on the e-Albania platform

• Helped citizens access government services, issuing 36,000+ digital documents and delivering nearly 1,000 public services

• Designed as a symbol of transparency and efficiency, appearing as a digital avatar in traditional Albanian dress

⚡ What’s Changing Now

• Elevated to cabinet rank following Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialist Party victory (his 4th government)

• Assigned the powerful role of overseeing public tenders, long a source of corruption in Albania

• Will gradually assume full authority for procurement decisions, shifting power away from ministries

• Rama’s stated goal: public tenders to be “100% free of corruption” as Albania pursues EU accession by 2030

⚖️Why It Matters: Albania’s move puts executive power directly in the hands of an AI. Supporters call it a breakthrough for trust and transparency, while critics warn of legal gaps, algorithmic bias, and questions of accountability. With EU membership hinging on cleaning up corruption, Diella is a test case for whether AI can deliver where humans have failed.

Sam Altman

Sam Altman Grilled by Tucker Carlson on AI

In a wide-ranging interview, Tucker Carlson pressed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on AI’s risks, privacy, and where the tech is headed—then, at the 34:30 mark, asked whether former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji was murdered “on your orders.” Altman called the suggestion “totally crazy,” pointed to official findings ruling the death a suicide, and said it felt “strange and sad” to defend himself against the accusation on air.

🎥 The Interview: What Altman Was Asked

• Is AI “alive” / does it lie? Altman said models aren’t sentient; they can still produce wrong answers without intent.

• Morality & religion: Carlson pressed on right/wrong and whether Altman believes in God; Altman acknowledged the weight people attach to AI.

• Safety & harm: Questions on real-world harms, including user mental-health incidents, and the danger of deepfakes eroding trust.

• Military use & control: Where OpenAI draws the line; Altman warned AI could enable totalitarian control if misused.

• Privacy: How much user data is private; Altman stressed safeguards and ongoing work.

• Jobs & the economy: Automation of repetitive roles alongside the creation of new categories of work.

🧾 Balaji Case: What’s Established vs. Disputed

• Timeline: Left OpenAI in August 2024; found dead in San Francisco on November 26, 2024.

• Context: Months before his death, Balaji publicly criticized OpenAI’s use of copyrighted data and was identified as a potential witness in the New York Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft.

• Officials’ finding: Suicide by self-inflicted gunshot; no forced entry; gun purchased by Balaji; online searches for brain anatomy; toxicology showed a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit plus GHB and other substances.

• Family’s position: Disputes suicide ruling; points to lack of note, alleged blood in multiple rooms, and purported cut camera wires; commissioned independent reviews and continues to call for reinvestigation.

• On-air exchange: Carlson asserted murder; Altman rejected it and emphasized the official record

This interview is both a state-of-AI check and a high-stakes accountability moment. On AI, it surfaces the core anxieties—safety, privacy, power, jobs, deepfakes. On Balaji, it puts verified records (official suicide ruling) alongside family objections in a single place for readers to assess. The clear takeaway: know the facts, then watch the exchange and decide for yourself.

🎥 Watch the interview clip — see the moment Altman is asked about Balaji’s death (starts at 34:30)

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Agent 3: Replit’s “Full Self-Driving” Moment for Software

Replit just unveiled Agent 3, its most autonomous AI yet — an app-building agent that doesn’t just write code, it tests itself in a live browser, fixes its own errors, and even spins up new agents to work alongside you. It’s the closest thing yet to full self-driving software development.

⚡ What’s New

• 10× more autonomous than V2; runs ~200 min in extended sessions with self-supervision

• App Testing is on by default: every build gets a browser-driven QA cycle

• Tester actively clicks buttons, forms, links, and APIs, then generates a report and fixes issues automatically

• Performance claim: testing system is 3× faster and 10× more cost-effective than “Computer Use” models

• Agent-of-agents: builds Slack/Telegram bots and timed automations, enriched with your data and tied to webhook triggers

• One-click integrations: guided credential flows for Notion, Linear, Dropbox, SharePoint (no manual API hunting)

• Live Monitoring: track builds in real time from desktop or phone

🧰 What You Can Use It For

• Build apps faster: Write code, test it, and fix problems while you focus on ideas.

• Automatic testing: It clicks through your app like a real user, finds issues, and repairs them on its own.

• Set up helpers: Create Slack or Telegram bots, or schedule tasks that run automatically.

• Connect your tools: Plug into Notion, Linear, Dropbox, or SharePoint to tie your projects together.

Agent 3 is the first mainstream agent that builds apps, tests itself in a real browser by default, fixes issues on the fly, and then spawns new agents to run beside you. That combination — long-run autonomy, embedded QA, and agent-of-agents — makes it a genuine leap in how fast real software can ship. For developers, it’s the closest yet to “full self-driving” code.

👉 Try Agent 3 now→ https://replit.com/agent3

Youtube

YouTube Adds Multi-Language Audio for All Creators

YouTube is making it possible for every creator to add multi-language audio tracks to their videos, so a single upload can now carry dubs in dozens of languages. Viewers simply switch audio tracks in the settings menu, like turning on captions — but instead of subtitles, they hear the video fully dubbed. The feature has been in pilot for two years and is now rolling out to millions of channels worldwide.

Early results show the impact: creators using multi-language audio are seeing 25%+ of watch time from non-primary languages. Jamie Oliver’s channel tripled its reach, and stars like MrBeast and Mark Rober are already publishing videos in 30+ dubbed languages. YouTube is also testing localized thumbnails, which change based on a viewer’s language. For creators, it’s a growth engine; for audiences, it breaks down one of YouTube’s last global barriers.

👉 Read the full announcement

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