{"id":20953,"date":"2025-11-24T09:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/24\/cant-tech-a-joke-ai-does-not-understand-puns-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T09:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:37:34","slug":"cant-tech-a-joke-ai-does-not-understand-puns-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/24\/cant-tech-a-joke-ai-does-not-understand-puns-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t tech a joke: AI does not understand puns, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers say results underline large language models\u2019 poor grasp of humour, empathy and cultural nuance<\/p>\n<p>Comedians who rely on clever wordplay and writers of witty headlines can rest a little easier, for the moment at least, research on AI suggests.<\/p>\n<p>Experts from universities in the UK and Italy have been investigating whether large language models (LLMs) understand puns \u2013 and found them wanting.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/nov\/24\/ai-doesnt-get-puns-study-finds\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/39708442bdabb056ccbf90cf7947145ce0b3dadc\/586_0_2957_2366\/master\/2957.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=dfcd8d2b758c4027c55e248e14e2cb29\" title=\"Can\u2019t tech a joke: AI does not understand puns, study finds\" \/>Researchers say results underline large language models\u2019 poor grasp of humour, empathy and cultural nuance<br \/>\nComedians who rely on clever wordplay and writers of witty headlines can rest a little easier, for the moment at least, research on AI suggests.<br \/>\nExperts from universities in the UK and Italy have been investigating whether large language models (LLMs) understand puns \u2013 and found them wanting. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers say results underline large language models\u2019 poor grasp of humour, empathy and cultural nuance Comedians who rely on clever wordplay and writers of witty headlines can rest a little easier, for the moment at least, research on AI suggests. Experts from universities in the UK and Italy have been investigating whether large language models &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/24\/cant-tech-a-joke-ai-does-not-understand-puns-study-finds\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can\u2019t tech a joke: AI does not understand puns, study finds<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20953"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}