WEIRD STUFF

AI minister pregnant with 83 'children'

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama has revealed his artificial intelligence (AI) minister is "pregnant with 83 children".

Rama said Diella -- who was drafted in to tackle corruption and promote transparency and innovation in the prime minister's cabinet -- will "give birth" to children soon.

They will help members of parliament (MPs) carry out their work tasks.

The little bots' roles include taking part in parliamentary sessions, maintaining records, informing MPs on how to react, and summarising discussions.

Speaking in Berlin, Rama said: "Diella is pregnant, and she's expecting 83 kids. Each kid for one member of our parliament that will serve the MPs as an assistant and will participate in the parliamentary sessions. That will keep record of everything that is happening, that will inform and will suggest to MPs how to react.

"That will have all the knowledge about the EU, EU legislation and everything. And when you go for a coffee and come back, this kid will tell you what was said when you weren't there.

"And it will tell you if your name was mentioned, and if you have to counter-attack someone that mentioned you for the wrong reasons."

Diella was initially introduced to tackle corruption and promote transparency and innovation within Mr Rama's cabinet.

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Young Brits say no to traditional Christmas dinner

Youngsters are shaking up a traditional turkey Christmas dinner by having pizza, curry or pasta instead.

They want to have simple food to avoid stressing in the kitchen, as well as time, cooking the meat, roast potatoes, stuffing, Yorkshire puddings, carrots, broccoli, and more of the festive meal additions.

According to Tesco's festive trends research, 23 per cent of Brits pick chips as their favourite side, as opposed to pigs in blankets.

Coleen Brooke, 23, from Manchester, is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as saying: "[I like] serving up what people actually like - pizza, curry, fried chicken and cheese-loaded fries, with cheesecake and ice cream for pudding.

"I'm not sure my parents will be impressed."

However, 52 per cent of adults plan to cook a traditional turkey Christmas dinner with all the trimmings.

Ashwin Prasad, Tesco boss, said: "This year, many people will be experimenting with what they'll be serving and going beyond turkey."