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02 November 2025 - AI News Quiz for Adults

Welcome to the 02 November 2025 AI News Quiz for adults. We have selected this week’s most useful and interesting stories, with plenty from the UK. Expect clear questions on the people, companies and policies shaping AI right now, from health and justice to social media, cloud computing and new tools you may use at work.

This quiz is designed to be enjoyable and practical. If you are not sure of an answer, take your best guess. After you choose, the quiz tells you whether you were right and gives a short explanation to help the idea stick. Use it for quick revision, a coffee break challenge or friendly competition at home or in the office. Ready to test what you know and learn something new?

1 .
Get ready for AI to photobomb your timeline. Which company said it will pump a huge wave of AI-generated posts into its recommendation feeds across its apps?
TikTok
Meta
Snapchat
OpenAI
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg told investors the company will add a “huge corpus” of AI-generated content into recommendation systems across Facebook and Instagram. The idea is that AI tools help more people create posts, while the feed learns what you like. Expect more synthetic images and videos mixed into your scroll.
2 .
In the UK, Skills England made an AI move to help workers. What did it launch?
A free national AI upskilling toolkit for employers and staff
A ban on using AI in offices after 5 pm
A robot that does everyone’s performance reviews
A tax on typing the letters “AI” in emails
On 29 October 2025, Skills England released three resources, the AI Skills Framework, an Adoption Pathway and an Employer Checklist, to help businesses and workers learn, test and use AI responsibly. The aim is large-scale upskilling tied to UK growth and productivity.
3 .
Elon Musk’s xAI just launched an AI-written encyclopedia with a cheeky name. What is it called?
TruthMachine Live
Xcyclopedia
Grokipedia
The Book of Everything
xAI released Grokipedia, an online encyclopedia whose entries are generated and “fact-checked” by its Grok model. Early coverage noted similarities to Wikipedia and raised questions about accuracy and bias, but the launch shows how tech giants want AI to shape what and how we read.
4 .
The UK’s internet regulator says it is going to look under the bonnet of social apps. What new step is it planning?
Force every user to take a social media exam
Audit how recommendation algorithms treat children
Turn off autoplay after 9 pm on all apps
Replace comments with polite postcards
Ofcom said it will audit the recommendation algorithms used by big platforms to check how they affect children, and it will push for stronger age checks under the Online Safety Act. The move shifts the focus from promises to technical inspections of how feeds actually work in practice.
5 .
UK judges just got fresh rules on using AI in their work. Who issued the updated guidance?
Crown Prosecution Service
The Law Society
Ministry of Justice
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
The Judiciary of England and Wales published updated guidance for judicial office holders on using AI safely. It warns about confidentiality and hallucinations, expands the glossary, and advises not to paste sensitive information into public AI tools. The document applies across courts and tribunals and stresses personal responsibility.
6 .
UK hospitals are trialling a one-day prostate clinic using AI. What does the AI actually do?
Analyse prostate MRI scans in minutes to flag high risk areas
Automatically book surgery for every patient and send a taxi
Replace radiologists with robots that never take lunch breaks
Text a final diagnosis straight from the scanner with no doctor
NHS England announced a pilot where AI rapidly reads prostate MRI scans and highlights suspicious areas for specialist review. Some men could get reassurance or a faster next step the same day, helping cut waiting times while doctors keep control of decisions.
7 .
The UK just unveiled a long-term push to boost science and AI. How big is the research and innovation package?
£5 billion for a quick tidy-up
£550 million to test a few ideas
£55 billion over multiple years
£155 billion to buy every lab a robot butler
The government confirmed a £55 billion multi-year R and D package through DSIT. The funding prioritises areas like AI, health and clean energy, aiming to speed up breakthroughs and give research agencies stable budgets through to 2030. It is pitched as a major step to turn UK science into real-world jobs and growth.
8 .
One cloud giant just had its best growth spurt in ages as companies piled into AI. What happened at Amazon’s AWS?
It stopped selling cloud and opened a pizza chain
Revenue dipped slightly while costs soared
Usage flatlined after everyone switched off chatbots
Revenue jumped about 20% year on year to roughly $33bn
Amazon reported AWS sales up around 20 percent to about $33 billion, its fastest growth since 2022. CEO Andy Jassy credited booming demand for AI computing as firms train and run models at scale. The rebound underscores how AI workloads are reshaping cloud economics and investment priorities.
9 .
Sam Altman lifted the lid on OpenAI’s finances. What did he say about annual revenue?
Well over $13 billion a year
Barely $300 million because everyone uses the free plan
Exactly $13,000,000,013 down to the last dollar
Still zero, they pay people in robot stickers
In interviews around his Bg2 appearance, Sam Altman said OpenAI is making well more than $13 billion annually, signalling strong paid demand for its AI tools and services. The remark answered doubts about funding ever larger models and data centres and hinted at even bigger targets ahead.
10 .
YouTube just tweaked how low-res videos look on TVs. What is the change?
It deletes any video under 480p to save storage
It auto-adds captions to every video, even songs
It uses AI to upscale some low-res videos to HD, with an opt-out
It replaces every thumbnail with an AI-drawn cartoon
YouTube announced AI upscaling for low-resolution videos on TV apps, taking 240p content up to around 720p automatically. Both creators and viewers can opt out, and original files stay untouched. It is part of wider TV features YouTube is rolling out to improve picture quality and navigation.
Author:  Tara Kemp

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