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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.
- Which of the following is true about the new data center facility that OpenAI is going to build in Abu Dhabi? (Choose all that apply)
Correct answers:
- It will consume power equivalent to five nuclear reactors.
- The data center campus will take up ten square miles.
- The Abu Dhabi-based tech conglomerate G42 is a partner.
OpenAI’s Planned Data Center in Abu Dhabi Would Be Bigger Than Monaco
- A report from the European Cloud Competition Observatory, a European group of cloud service provider customers and partners, said what of VMware’s business model under Broadcom?
Answer: That it is “legally and ethically flawed.”
Report calls for regulation of “legally and ethically flawed” VMware
- Last week, Rolling Stone claimed that what AI platform said it was ‘skeptical’ about Holocaust death toll, and later blamed ‘programming error?’
Answer: Grok
Grok Pivots From ‘White Genocide’ to Being ‘Skeptical’ About the Holocaust
- On May 15 ProPublica reported that the Trump administration has been pressuring African nations to do what?
Answer: To use Elon Musk’s Starlink.
The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.
- On May 17, the NY Times reported that U.S. lawmakers are concerned over a deal by Apple that could see AI equipped phones going to what country?
Answer: China
Apple’s A.I. Ambitions for China Provoke Washington’s Resistance
- When Anthropic’s new flagship AI model Claude Opus 4 talks to itself, what does it usually talk about?
Answer: Philosophical explorations of consciousness” and “abstract and joyous spiritual or meditative expressions.”
Anthropic’s latest flagship AI sure seems to love using the ‘cyclone’ emoji
- On Wednesday, Phoronix reported that Wayland developers are considering doing what?
Answer: Doing away with alpha and beta releases.
- On Wednesday, Phoronix reported that Wayland developers are considering doing what?
Answer: Doing away with alpha and beta releases.
- On Wednesday, TechCrunch reported that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees that the company’s next product won’t be what?
Answer: A wearable
- On Tuesday, 404 Media reported that the Chicago Sun-Times did what?
Answer: Printed an AI-generated summer reading list with books that don’t exist.
Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don’t Exist
- On Friday, Trump threatened what tech company with 25% tariffs on what product if they don’t move production to the US?
Answer: Apple/iPhone