What PM Mark Carney means for science in Canada

The Liberals have won Canada's federal election, taking a rare 4th consecutive term. My story for Nature on what this bodes for science. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01343-1

AI cracks cartoon caption contests

AI has gotten reasonably good at puns and jokes, including visual ones, and can now write pretty good captions for caption contests, create funny images for cards, and more.

I tried it out on the New Yorker caption competition, and personally I like its suggestion better than the official winner.

 

ChatGPT: "Psst. Wanna buy some killer jokes?"

Actual winner: “Tell me a joke as if your life depended on it.” - Dave Matta, Pittsburgh, Pa.

I'm not the only one doing this, of course. Here's a paper on the topic from 2024 (wish I had seen it at the time!) https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.18949