The two-and-a-half-minute video shows the avatar flipping through books in the prime minister’s office in Putrajaya, before it turned into a younger version of Anwar in a library, conjuring up books in a spell.
The video also includes references to the Avengers superhero film franchise. It shows multiple versions of Anwar’s avatar walking in a line and captioned “assemble!”, and ended with a reference to the “Madani multiverse”.
Anwar’s unity government is also called the Madani government.
“What if all these sides of me could be present at the same time,” the avatar adds, calling itself a “digital extension of (Anwar)”.
“Ready to listen, assist and serve the people.”
Anwar’s Facebook post on the launch included a WhatsApp message hyperlink for people to communicate with his AI avatar.
“SECOND BRAIN”
PMX.AI can interact with voters, listen to their concerns and gather ground sentiment, according to Zetrix AI, the Malaysian digital infrastructure firm that built Anwar’s avatar.
The AI double is so named because Anwar is Malaysia’s 10th prime minister.
In general, agentic AI systems may operate semi- or fully autonomously to achieve specific goals and execute tasks, rather than merely responding to prompts by those they interact with.
Bloomberg first reported on Jul 10 that Anwar was set to debut an AI double to help Malaysians navigate government services.
Anwar’s AI double is trained using his own writings, speeches, and the record of his government’s policies, the report said.
