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05 October 2025 - AI News Quiz for Adults

Think you’ve kept up with the latest in artificial intelligence? This quiz brings together ten of the most interesting AI headlines from across the UK and around the world during the first week of October 2025. From business breakthroughs to creative experiments, it’s packed with fascinating developments and a dash of humour along the way!

Don’t worry if you’re not sure about every question — guess if you have to! You’ll find out right after each answer whether you got it right. So, settle in, challenge your curiosity, and see how much you really know about the rapidly changing world of AI this week!

1 .
What did Elon Musk say he’s launching to “fix” Wikipedia (without actually buying it)?
Muskopedia
Grokipedia
Truthipedia
Xyclopedia
Musk said xAI will release an early beta of “Grokipedia,” pitched as a Grok-powered alternative to Wikipedia that tackles “lies and half-truths.” It’s classic Musk: bold brand, bold claim - whether it beats the crowd-sourced giant is another matter.
2 .
Which political leader did Sam Altman sit down with during his stop in Seoul this week?
Fumio Kishida
Lawrence Wong
Lee Jae-myung
Yoon Suk Yeol
Reports in Korean and international press said OpenAI’s Sam Altman met Lee Jae-myung, the opposition Democratic Party leader, during a Seoul visit focused on investment and AI cooperation. Title mix-ups circulated online, but the meeting itself was widely covered.
3 .
What did Google DeepMind and designer Ross Lovegrove build together using generative AI?
A 3D-printed chair prototype
A bicycle helmet line
A coffee table series
A set of ceramic lamps
DeepMind fine-tuned an image model on Lovegrove’s sketches to generate chair concepts, then realised one as a metal 3D-printed prototype—showing how AI can iterate forms rapidly and still land as a real-world object you can actually sit on (carefully!).
4 .
How many UK businesses said they’re already using AI, according to the latest official survey?
18%
35%
29%
23%
The UK’s Office for National Statistics reported 23% of businesses using some form of AI in late September - up three points from June. It’s a brisk uptick that hints at AI moving from buzzword to tooling, especially in services.
5 .
Which UK department published the “Laying the Groundwork - Responsible AI Senior Officers’ Report 2025”?
Department for Education
Home Office
Ministry of Defence
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Ministry of Defence set out governance, testing, and operational plans for responsible military AI in a new report from its Responsible AI Senior Officers- an attempt to make “fast” also “safe and accountable.”
6 .
Which duo announced “AI Activate”, a £3m programme to help up to 10,000 UK small businesses use AI?
eBay & OpenAI
Barclays & Microsoft
Amazon & Sage
HSBC & Google Cloud
eBay and OpenAI launched AI Activate to give UK SMEs training, support, and up to 12 months of ChatGPT Enterprise- so a local bakery or parts shop can get AI help without hiring a data team.
7 .
Which government agency did OpenAI team up with to help supercharge public services?
Canada’s Treasury Board Secretariat
The European Commission’s DG CONNECT
Japan’s Digital Agency
Singapore’s GovTech
OpenAI announced a collaboration with Japan’s Digital Agency to explore safe uses of generative AI across public services - part efficiency drive, part tech diplomacy, and part standards-sharing.
8 .
Which company won the £320m contract to build the MoD’s AI-powered equipment system?
Accenture
Palantir
BAE Systems
IBM UK
The MoD awarded £320 million to IBM UK to deliver DEEAMS - an AI-enabled platform replacing 17 legacy apps to predict maintenance, manage spares, and speed kit decisions, with ~100 skilled jobs expected.
9 .
What’s the name of the new NHS cloud platform being built to run large-scale trials of AI screening tools across trusts?
MedCloud-X
AIR-SP
ScreenAI Hub
TrustNet AI
NHS England is building AIR-SP, a cloud platform to let hospitals trial multiple AI screening tools at once - aiming to speed safe deployment and standardise evaluation across the NHS.
10 .
Which publication asked whether AI might one day win its own Nobel Prize?
Nature
Scientific American
New Scientist
The Economist
Nature ran a piece musing on whether AI itself could merit a Nobel Prize, probing how credit might be shared between human scientists and tools like AlphaFold-style systems. Fun thought experiment with real-world implications for prizes built around people.
Author:  Tara Kemp

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