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Below is a list of all the correct answers to this week’s quiz, along with links to the actual news stories behind the quiz’s questions.
- This Week, the Chinese company Alibaba released a new AI tool that does what?
Correct answer: Turns a still photo into a video, complete with audio.
News article: Alibaba launches new open-source tool that turns photos into video
- This week, the group Radiohead performed what feat?
Correct answer: Placed a song on Billboard’s Hot 100 that was recorded and released 48 years ago.
News article: A Radiohead song from 1997 is on the Hot 100 charts, thanks to TikTok
- True or false: the number of lenses per smartphone continues to rise.
Correct answer: False
News article: AI photography drives trend toward fewer smartphone cameras
- Why did Bluesky last week geoblock the entire state of Mississippi?
Correct answer: To keep from having to comply with the states age verification law.
News article: Mississippi’s Broken Age Verification Law Forces Bluesky To Block All State Users
- Months before a jury awarded a $242.5 million against Tesla over a 2019 fatal crash, the automaker turned down a chance to settle for how much?
Correct answer: $60 million
News article: Tesla could have avoided that $242.5M Autopilot verdict, filings show
- In some areas, 911 systems are so understaffed that they’re resorting to what?
Correct answer: Having AI bots answer calls.
News article: 911 centers are so understaffed, they’re turning to AI to answer calls
- On Tuesday, Anthropic announced a new browser-based version of its Claude AI agent. What is it called?
Correct answer: Claude for Chrome
News article: Anthropic launches a Claude AI agent that lives in Chrome
- This week, Hyundai announced that its working with a startup on plant-based leather that smells like what?
Correct answer: Leather
News article: Hyundai is working with a startup on plant-based leather that smells like the real thing
- Android developers announced on Monday that starting next year a new security precaution will be added to Android. What is it?
Correct answer: Apps won’t be able to be front- or side-loaded unless they’ve been registered by verified developers.
News article: A new layer of security for certified Android devices
- On Sunday, the website TechCrunch reported that Elon Musk said what about the Grok 2.5 AI platform?
Correct answer: That it had been released as open source
News article: Elon Musk says xAI has open sourced Grok 2.5