In episode 46 of The AI Fix, China trolls US tariffs, a microscopic pogoing flea-bot makes a tiny leap forward for robotics, Google unveils the Agent2Agent protocol, a robot dog is so cute it ruins Graham's entire day, and Europe commits €20 billion and all of its buzzwords to five moonshot AI gigafactories.

Graham brings his clone to work for a game of “Cluley or Cloney”, and Mark introduces Graham to a mind-reading technology that could transform the lives of people with serious neurological disorders.

Episode links:

• Loona - the intelligent Petbot.
• Robots have learnt to hop to a height of 20 cm.
• Tiny hopping robots.
• Google announces A2A, the Agent2Agent Protocol.
• Donald Trump’s education secretary talks about  “A1”.
• Linda McMahon speaks at 2025 ASU+GSV Summit.
• China mocks Trump’s tariffs with AI video of US sweatshop workers: ‘Make America Great Again’.
• AI murder predictor catches killers before they strike.
• UK: Ministry of Justice secretly developing ‘murder prediction’ system.
• EU to build AI gigafactories in €20bn push to catch up with US and China.
• ElevenLabs.
• Magic genies, killer robots and AI friends – all the best quotes from Elon Musk's chat with Rishi Sunak in London
• PauseAI.
• A streaming brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis to restore naturalistic communication.
• Video of streaming brain-to-voice communication.

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