{"id":24580,"date":"2025-09-26T13:12:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=24580"},"modified":"2025-09-26T13:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:26:54","slug":"media-analysis-the-risk-of-misuse-of-artificial-intelligence-in-public-procurement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=24580&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Media Analysis &#8211; The Risk of Misuse of Artificial Intelligence in Public Procurement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recent developments in Albanian governance were discussed yesterday on journalist Pandi Gjata\u2019s program on A2 CNN Albania.<br>Aranita Brahaj, the founding director of AIS \u2013 Open Data Albania \u2013 highlighted that the use of Artificial Intelligence also carries significant risks of misuse and corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?si=5E_yR0TKdbF00C3N&amp;v=3hkbSdXPcNc&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diella, \u00e7far\u00eb na pret me Ministren e AI, sa na kushton dhe \u00e7&#8217;rrezikojm\u00eb &#8211; Aranita Brahaj<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AIS is a civil society organization in Albania that leverages ICT to promote Good Governance and Civic Participation. As the promoter of Open Data Albania, the organization developed in 2014 a risk-assessment application for public tenders and issues weekly \u201cred flag\u201d alerts on Albanian Government tenders. AIS also monitors public procurement nationwide, including the process of aligning legislation and standards with those of the European Union (Cluster 1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full interview can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?si=5E_yR0TKdbF00C3N&amp;v=3hkbSdXPcNc&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The list of tenders flagged with \u201cRedFlag\u201d is available <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/openprocurement.al\/en\/index\/redflag\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br><br>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-19-at-20.19.42-1.jpeg?resize=790%2C444\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24584\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-26-152433-1.png?resize=790%2C442&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24589\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-26-142630-1.png?resize=790%2C445\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24582\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-26-143040-1.png?resize=790%2C442\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24581\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent developments in Albanian governance were discussed yesterday on journalist Pandi Gjata\u2019s program on A2 CNN Albania.Aranita Brahaj, the founding director of AIS \u2013 Open Data Albania \u2013 highlighted that the use of Artificial Intelligence also carries significant risks of misuse and corruption. Diella, \u00e7far\u00eb na pret me Ministren e AI, sa na kushton dhe \u00e7&#8217;rrezikojm\u00eb &#8211; Aranita Brahaj AIS is a civil society organization&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-26-142630-1.png?fit=1244%2C700&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24852,"url":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=24852&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":24580,"position":0},"title":"Albania Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Corruption Prevention. 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