Malaysia’s PM is sending an autonomous AI double out to serve citizens, payment links and all
Malaysia’s prime minister is trying something new: sending an autonomous copy of himself out to serve the public.
Anwar Ibrahim is preparing to launch an artificial intelligence version of himself. The avatar is called PMX AI, a nod to his place as Malaysia’s tenth prime minister. Bloomberg reports it could go live within days.
A Malaysian digital infrastructure firm, Zetrix AI Bhd., built the double and trained it on Anwar’s own writings, speeches and government record. The idea is that it looks and sounds unmistakably like him. It is a project of his party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat, launched ahead of a national election that must happen by early 2028.
Not just a talking head
Plenty of politicians have posted AI clips of themselves. What sets PMX AI apart is that it is built to act, not only to speak. Engineers made it agentic, which means it can take a request,...
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