The world's first AI government official is going about as well as anyone could expect.

Yesterday, the virtual assistant "Diella" made its "inaugural address" to the Albanian parliament. Maybe unsurprisingly, the software — which had been appointed Minister for Public Procurements last week by prime minister Edi Rama — was met with fury by certain officials.

Chaotic video shared by Albanian media group Report TV shows lawmakers from the opposition party throwing bottles and desk clutter at the prime minister and his cabinet members, after previous attempts to block the address failed.

"This marked the end of the first session of the new legislature," the video caption reads.

In its "speech" — if you can call it that — Diella took aim at opponents who protested the appointment on consti

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