Evoke Media Weekly

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Issue 0038–25 October 2026

Editorial illustration of Irrawaddy dolphins and a calf surfacing in a calm river at sunrise.
AI illustration: Evoke Media

Good News Around The World!

New dolphin calves in Cambodia, rice heritage preserved in India, Japan’s mission to Phobos, and a breakthrough in acrylic recycling

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EVOKE Media Shines Light On…

Ten of Evoke Media's own articles from the week, each built from the reports of the outlets named under it. Each card opens ours.

Cards are illustrations by Evoke Media.

  1. Animals

    A dusky shark trapped for more than a month in a Busan canal was guided out to sea on the third attempt, as workers moved a floating platform and nets about a kilometre along the waterway. The shark had become a city mascot, and officials said it was now in deeper water, less likely to be trapped again.

    Read on Evoke Media : Shark Guided Out of Busan Canal After Third Rescue Attempt

    Sources: BBC News · ABC News · France 24

  2. Science

    Researchers led by Mark Hollands of the University of Warwick identified the first known genuinely green star, a white dwarf, and another that may be the reddest yet found. They traced the stars' unusual colours to the chemistry of their dense atmospheres, modelling how their light would look to human eyes.

    Read on Evoke Media : White Dwarf Study Reveals Green Star and Links Unusual Colours to Chemistry

    Sources: Live Science · Space.com

  3. Science

    Archaeologists near Fairbanks uncovered a 13,800-year-old base camp holding tens of thousands of artefacts, a hearth and what may be the earliest remains of a dwelling in North America. Its diamond-shaped stone tools resemble ones from northern Siberia, a sign of links between early communities across the Bering Land Bridge.

    Read on Evoke Media : Ancient Alaska Base Camp Reveals Daily Life and Cultural Links Across Beringia

    Sources: Live Science · Gizmodo

  4. Animals

    Six calves have brought Cambodia’s critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphin population to an estimated 118, offering hope for the animals and riverside communities supported by ecotourism. Recovery still depends on reducing threats including gillnets, electrofishing and habitat damage.

    Read on Evoke Media : Six Dolphin Births Raise Cambodia’s Irrawaddy Population to Estimated 118

    Sources: Mongabay

  5. Environment

    More than 30,000 farmers across six Indian states are preserving over 1,000 indigenous rice varieties through community growing plots and seed sharing. The work keeps traditional farming knowledge alive and protects varieties adapted to conditions such as drought, salinity and deep water.

    Read on Evoke Media : Community Rice Plots Help Indian Farmers Preserve More Than 1,000 Indigenous Varieties

    Sources: The Better India

  6. Science

    Japan has launched its MMX spacecraft to investigate Mars’s moons and bring samples from Phobos back to Earth. Researchers hope the material will help explain how the moons formed and shed light on the early history of the solar system.

    Read on Evoke Media : Japan Launches MMX Mission to Return Samples From Mars’s Moon Phobos

    Sources: NASA · The Conversation · New Scientist · The Guardian · BBC News · Good News Network

  7. Environment

    ETH Zurich researchers have developed a solvent-free process that recovers up to 98% of acrylic glass as reusable chemical building blocks at a lower temperature than previous methods. The team is seeking industry partners to scale it up, with the aim of making high-quality acrylic recycling practical on existing equipment.

    Read on Evoke Media : Acrylic Recycling Method Recovers Up to 98% as Reusable Building Blocks

    Sources: Good News Network · ETH Zurich

  8. Technology

    OpenAI is contributing $5 million to a Simons Foundation initiative supporting mathematicians who examine and develop AI-generated results. The funding supports expert scrutiny and further research at a time when some released mathematical claims have required corrections or retractions.

    Read on Evoke Media : OpenAI Commits $5 Million to Help Mathematicians Examine AI-Generated Results

    Sources: OpenAI · The Verge · New Scientist · The Conversation

  9. Science

    Webb observations have revealed an abundance of heavy elements in gas near Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way’s central black hole. The findings offer clues to how stars enrich their surroundings and why this black hole consumes matter more slowly than others.

    Read on Evoke Media : Webb Observations Reveal Heavy Elements in Gas Near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

    Sources: Live Science

  10. Health

    Australian researchers propose a depression subtype linked to sleep and seasonal symptoms. It offers a direction for treatment research, but needs validation and does not yet establish which treatments work best.

    Read on Evoke Media : Depression Study Identifies Body-Clock Pattern That Could Inform Treatment Research

    Sources: Live Science · The Guardian · New Scientist

Every one of the ten is an Evoke Media article, written from the reports of the outlets named with it.

Read more at evokemedia.io ↗
Evoke Media www.evokemedia.io/newsletterIssue 003 · 2–6

EVOKE Media Shines Light On…

Ten of Evoke Media's own articles from the week, each built from the reports of the outlets named under it. Each card opens ours.

Cards are illustrations by Evoke Media.

  1. Animals

    A dusky shark trapped for more than a month in a Busan canal was guided out to sea on the third attempt, as workers moved a floating platform and nets about a kilometre along the waterway. The shark had become a city mascot, and officials said it was now in deeper water, less likely to be trapped again.

    Read on Evoke Media : Shark Guided Out of Busan Canal After Third Rescue Attempt

    Sources: BBC News · ABC News · France 24

  2. Science

    Researchers led by Mark Hollands of the University of Warwick identified the first known genuinely green star, a white dwarf, and another that may be the reddest yet found. They traced the stars' unusual colours to the chemistry of their dense atmospheres, modelling how their light would look to human eyes.

    Read on Evoke Media : White Dwarf Study Reveals Green Star and Links Unusual Colours to Chemistry

    Sources: Live Science · Space.com

Evoke Media www.evokemedia.io/newsletterIssue 003 · 2

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EVOKE Media Shines Light On…

  1. Science

    Archaeologists near Fairbanks uncovered a 13,800-year-old base camp holding tens of thousands of artefacts, a hearth and what may be the earliest remains of a dwelling in North America. Its diamond-shaped stone tools resemble ones from northern Siberia, a sign of links between early communities across the Bering Land Bridge.

    Read on Evoke Media : Ancient Alaska Base Camp Reveals Daily Life and Cultural Links Across Beringia

    Sources: Live Science · Gizmodo

  2. Animals

    Six calves have brought Cambodia’s critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphin population to an estimated 118, offering hope for the animals and riverside communities supported by ecotourism. Recovery still depends on reducing threats including gillnets, electrofishing and habitat damage.

    Read on Evoke Media : Six Dolphin Births Raise Cambodia’s Irrawaddy Population to Estimated 118

    Sources: Mongabay

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EVOKE Media Shines Light On…

  1. Environment

    More than 30,000 farmers across six Indian states are preserving over 1,000 indigenous rice varieties through community growing plots and seed sharing. The work keeps traditional farming knowledge alive and protects varieties adapted to conditions such as drought, salinity and deep water.

    Read on Evoke Media : Community Rice Plots Help Indian Farmers Preserve More Than 1,000 Indigenous Varieties

    Sources: The Better India

  2. Science

    Japan has launched its MMX spacecraft to investigate Mars’s moons and bring samples from Phobos back to Earth. Researchers hope the material will help explain how the moons formed and shed light on the early history of the solar system.

    Read on Evoke Media : Japan Launches MMX Mission to Return Samples From Mars’s Moon Phobos

    Sources: NASA · The Conversation · New Scientist · The Guardian · BBC News · Good News Network

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EVOKE Media Shines Light On…

  1. Environment

    ETH Zurich researchers have developed a solvent-free process that recovers up to 98% of acrylic glass as reusable chemical building blocks at a lower temperature than previous methods. The team is seeking industry partners to scale it up, with the aim of making high-quality acrylic recycling practical on existing equipment.

    Read on Evoke Media : Acrylic Recycling Method Recovers Up to 98% as Reusable Building Blocks

    Sources: Good News Network · ETH Zurich

  2. Technology

    OpenAI is contributing $5 million to a Simons Foundation initiative supporting mathematicians who examine and develop AI-generated results. The funding supports expert scrutiny and further research at a time when some released mathematical claims have required corrections or retractions.

    Read on Evoke Media : OpenAI Commits $5 Million to Help Mathematicians Examine AI-Generated Results

    Sources: OpenAI · The Verge · New Scientist · The Conversation

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EVOKE Media Shines Light On…

  1. Science

    Webb observations have revealed an abundance of heavy elements in gas near Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way’s central black hole. The findings offer clues to how stars enrich their surroundings and why this black hole consumes matter more slowly than others.

    Read on Evoke Media : Webb Observations Reveal Heavy Elements in Gas Near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

    Sources: Live Science

  2. Health

    Australian researchers propose a depression subtype linked to sleep and seasonal symptoms. It offers a direction for treatment research, but needs validation and does not yet establish which treatments work best.

    Read on Evoke Media : Depression Study Identifies Body-Clock Pattern That Could Inform Treatment Research

    Sources: Live Science · The Guardian · New Scientist

Every one of the ten is an Evoke Media article, written from the reports of the outlets named with it.

Read more at evokemedia.io ↗
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EVOKE News

EVOKE Marketplace Is Now Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play

Announcements from EVOKE's own businesses, written by the company — not news reporting.

EVOKE Marketplace's artwork for the app: the app open on a phone, the words "Exclusive deals only through the app!", the sign-up code EMAPP2026 for 1,000 EGT tokens, and QR codes for the App Store and Google Play.
Image: Evoke Media

EVOKE Marketplace, which connects shoppers with brands and creators in jewellery, watches, fashion, handbags, footwear and home décor, now has its own app. It brings product and store search, wishlists, checkout, order history and favourite stores into one place, with deals found only in the app. Craig invites new users to sign up with his code EMAPP2026 to receive 1,000 EGT tokens.

Read on Evoke Media : EVOKE Marketplace Is Now Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play
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Top Stories of the Week

Five major events of the week, told for what went right. Each names the outlets that reported it.

  1. Webb's deep-field view of distant galaxies, with a panel magnifying the faint supernova inside a white circle, labelled AT 2026abck.
    Image: Zhuang et al., arXiv, 2026 (boxout), ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Östlin, P. G. Perez-Gonzalez, J. Melinder, the JADES Collaboration, the MIDIS collaboration, M. Zamani (background)

    Webb watches one of the universe's earliest supernovas unfold

    Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found what may be one of the most distant supernovas ever seen, an explosion from about 1.15 billion years after the big bang, caught just days after it ignited. At its peak it shone some 8 billion times brighter than the sun, a rare look at how the universe's earliest stars lived and died.

    Read on Evoke Media : Webb watches one of the universe's earliest supernovas unfold

    Reported by Live Science

  2. A gloved hand holds a black southern ground hornbill, its new beak curving from a bright orange patch of bare skin around its eye.
    Image: ARTIS/Facebook

    A rare hornbill gets a world-first 3D-printed beak

    Vets at ARTIS, Amsterdam's zoo, working with Utrecht University, fitted a southern ground hornbill that had broken both halves of its beak with two 3D-printed prostheses, believed to be the first time both have been replaced in a bird. He began eating on his own the day after the operation, and the team plans to publish how they did it so vets elsewhere can help other birds.

    Read on Evoke Media : A rare hornbill gets a world-first 3D-printed beak

    Reported by Good Good Good and Nice News

  3. Two adult sandwich terns with black crests call over a fluffy grey chick, against a blue sky.
    Image: David Kinchin Smith/RSPB

    Seabirds bounce back in the Solent after the 2022 bird-flu wipeout

    Sandwich terns at Pagham harbour in West Sussex, wiped out by bird flu in 2022, are back to 756 breeding pairs after RSPB staff and volunteers protected their nesting sites. Little terns, ringed plovers, oystercatchers and black-headed gulls are up along the same coast too, helped by predator fencing, new nesting islands and floating rafts.

    Read on Evoke Media : Seabirds bounce back in the Solent after the 2022 bird-flu wipeout

    Reported by The Guardian

  4. An American bison grazes on dry grassland among scrub.
    Image: courtesy of Fundación Pro Cuatrociénegas

    Conservation restores Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico's ancient desert oasis, and brings bison back

    In a Chihuahuan Desert valley whose pools hold microbial life traced back nearly 500 million years, Fundación Pro Cuatrociénegas is protecting the water, restoring native habitat and helping ranchers use less of it. In December 2025, 44 American bison arrived at a reserve in Coahuila, the clearest sign yet that the valley's recovery is taking hold.

    Read on Evoke Media : Conservation restores Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico's ancient desert oasis, and brings bison back

    Reported by Happy Eco News

  5. The CERBERUZ team, about 18 students in matching black T-shirts, hold up two oversized prize cheques in front of a space-themed backdrop.
    Image: courtesy of NASA

    MIT students win NASA's LunaRecycle Challenge, turning lunar waste into tools

    An MIT student team, CERBERUZ, took first prize in both tracks of NASA's LunaRecycle Challenge with a system that grinds, melts and moulds packaging waste into new composite parts. On a future Moon base it could turn rubbish into tools and spare parts, instead of shipping them all the way from Earth.

    Read on Evoke Media : MIT students win NASA's LunaRecycle Challenge, turning lunar waste into tools

    Reported by MIT News

Evoke Media www.evokemedia.io/newsletterIssue 003 · 8–9

Top Stories of the Week

Five major events of the week, told for what went right. Each names the outlets that reported it.

  1. Webb's deep-field view of distant galaxies, with a panel magnifying the faint supernova inside a white circle, labelled AT 2026abck.
    Image: Zhuang et al., arXiv, 2026 (boxout), ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Östlin, P. G. Perez-Gonzalez, J. Melinder, the JADES Collaboration, the MIDIS collaboration, M. Zamani (background)

    Webb watches one of the universe's earliest supernovas unfold

    Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found what may be one of the most distant supernovas ever seen, an explosion from about 1.15 billion years after the big bang, caught just days after it ignited. At its peak it shone some 8 billion times brighter than the sun, a rare look at how the universe's earliest stars lived and died.

    Read on Evoke Media : Webb watches one of the universe's earliest supernovas unfold

    Reported by Live Science

  2. A gloved hand holds a black southern ground hornbill, its new beak curving from a bright orange patch of bare skin around its eye.
    Image: ARTIS/Facebook

    A rare hornbill gets a world-first 3D-printed beak

    Vets at ARTIS, Amsterdam's zoo, working with Utrecht University, fitted a southern ground hornbill that had broken both halves of its beak with two 3D-printed prostheses, believed to be the first time both have been replaced in a bird. He began eating on his own the day after the operation, and the team plans to publish how they did it so vets elsewhere can help other birds.

    Read on Evoke Media : A rare hornbill gets a world-first 3D-printed beak

    Reported by Good Good Good and Nice News

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Top Stories of the Week

  1. Two adult sandwich terns with black crests call over a fluffy grey chick, against a blue sky.
    Image: David Kinchin Smith/RSPB

    Seabirds bounce back in the Solent after the 2022 bird-flu wipeout

    Sandwich terns at Pagham harbour in West Sussex, wiped out by bird flu in 2022, are back to 756 breeding pairs after RSPB staff and volunteers protected their nesting sites. Little terns, ringed plovers, oystercatchers and black-headed gulls are up along the same coast too, helped by predator fencing, new nesting islands and floating rafts.

    Read on Evoke Media : Seabirds bounce back in the Solent after the 2022 bird-flu wipeout

    Reported by The Guardian

  2. An American bison grazes on dry grassland among scrub.
    Image: courtesy of Fundación Pro Cuatrociénegas

    Conservation restores Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico's ancient desert oasis, and brings bison back

    In a Chihuahuan Desert valley whose pools hold microbial life traced back nearly 500 million years, Fundación Pro Cuatrociénegas is protecting the water, restoring native habitat and helping ranchers use less of it. In December 2025, 44 American bison arrived at a reserve in Coahuila, the clearest sign yet that the valley's recovery is taking hold.

    Read on Evoke Media : Conservation restores Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico's ancient desert oasis, and brings bison back

    Reported by Happy Eco News

  3. The CERBERUZ team, about 18 students in matching black T-shirts, hold up two oversized prize cheques in front of a space-themed backdrop.
    Image: courtesy of NASA

    MIT students win NASA's LunaRecycle Challenge, turning lunar waste into tools

    An MIT student team, CERBERUZ, took first prize in both tracks of NASA's LunaRecycle Challenge with a system that grinds, melts and moulds packaging waste into new composite parts. On a future Moon base it could turn rubbish into tools and spare parts, instead of shipping them all the way from Earth.

    Read on Evoke Media : MIT students win NASA's LunaRecycle Challenge, turning lunar waste into tools

    Reported by MIT News

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Health and Wellness

Three stories from the week: a sticky seal for surgery, a yearly check for women and a village of centenarians.

  1. Gloved hands in a lab lift a thin strip of translucent adhesive mesh from a petri dish.
    Image: courtesy of SanaHeal

    An MIT spinout makes surgical stitching as easy as applying a sticky note

    SanaHeal, a company spun out of MIT, has made a bioadhesive, inspired by barnacles and spider webs, that seals wet tissue air- and fluid-tight. Already approved to stop bleeding from trauma, it enters human trials next year for use in surgery.

    Read on Evoke Media : An MIT spinout makes surgical stitching as easy as applying a sticky note

    Reported by MIT News

  2. Neelam Heera-Shergill, smiling, sits on a grey sofa beside patterned cushions.
    Image: BBC

    Women welcome a yearly health check for PMOS

    Polycystic ovary syndrome, which affects about one in eight women in the UK, has been renamed PMOS, with a recommendation for yearly health checks. Neelam Heera-Shergill, who founded the charity Cysters after her own diagnosis, welcomes it as a step towards better diagnosis and care.

    Read on Evoke Media : Women welcome a yearly health check for PMOS

    Reported by BBC News

  3. The sisters Mariangela and Giovanna Marras, white-haired and in dark clothes, sit side by side on a striped sofa at home.
    Image: Victor Sokolowicz/The Guardian

    Is sisterhood the secret to a long life? A Sardinian village's women

    In Bolotana, a Sardinian village of 2,266 people, the sisters Giovanna and Mariangela Marras are 101 and 99, and a new study finds that 13.8% of its women who reach 70 live to 100. Only Hong Kong ranks higher, and the village could become the world's sixth "blue zone".

    Read on Evoke Media : Is sisterhood the secret to a long life? A Sardinian village's women

    Reported by The Guardian

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Philanthropy

Three gifts from the week: low-cost care for pets, free help with repairs and free theatre for schools.

  1. Christine Gardner, in glasses and a grey cardigan, stands outside a building decorated with bunting.
    Image: BBC

    A low-cost RSPCA clinic in Chatham helps pet owners with vet bills

    A reduced-cost clinic run by the RSPCA's Medway West branch treated 160 pets in its first 11 days, offering cut-price care to owners on low incomes or benefits. It means people can get the treatment their animals need and take them home, instead of giving up a pet that may be their only companion.

    Read on Evoke Media : A low-cost RSPCA clinic in Chatham helps pet owners with vet bills

    Reported by BBC News

  2. Two volunteers work on a bag at a table crowded with sewing machines and fabric in a bright workshop.
    Image: Courtesy Brooklyn Spark

    Volunteer repair clubs help Americans fix things and save money

    At Fixit Clinics such as the volunteer-run one in Brooklyn, anyone can bring in a broken item, from torn clothes to faulty electronics, and get the help and tools to mend it. At least 2,000 have been held across the US, saving people money and keeping things out of landfill.

    Read on Evoke Media : Volunteer repair clubs help Americans fix things and save money

    Reported by The Guardian

  3. Three secondary-school students in uniform sit on stools on a stage, a red, green and yellow flag behind them.
    Image: Sam Frost/The Guardian

    Bristol Old Vic takes theatre into classrooms, at no cost to schools

    Bristol Old Vic's young company is touring two new plays into secondary schools across Bristol and the surrounding area, free of charge. With school budgets squeezed and fewer trips, it brings theatre to every pupil rather than only those whose families or schools can pay.

    Read on Evoke Media : Bristol Old Vic takes theatre into classrooms, at no cost to schools

    Reported by The Guardian

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The Week in AI

Five AI developments from around the world this week.

  1. Two mirrored MRI slices of a fetal head with the brain outlined in yellow, on a blue patterned background.
    Image: courtesy of the MIT Jameel Clinic and the researchers

    Teaching AI about symmetry could make prenatal diagnosis more reliable

    Researchers at MIT, Boston Children's Hospital and Inria built E(3)-Pose, a deep-learning model that tracks a fetus's moving head during an MRI scan, with the left-right symmetry of the head built into its design. Sharper, more complete scans could help doctors spot problems in the developing brain earlier and more accurately.

    Read on Evoke Media : Teaching AI about symmetry could make prenatal diagnosis more reliable

    Reported by MIT News

  2. A car's dashboard screen shows a map with directions and a Gemini card: "Your flight to JFK is at gate B18 and is expected to depart on time at 3:30pm."
    Image: Google

    Google's more personal Gemini is coming to cars

    Gemini in Android Auto and in cars with Google built-in can now draw on Gmail, Calendar, Maps and Photos, so a driver can ask for a flight's status from its confirmation email, or say "take me to my doctor's appointment". Apps are connected only for drivers who turn on Google's Personal Intelligence setting.

    Read on Evoke Media : Google's more personal Gemini is coming to cars

    Reported by The Verge and Ars Technica

  3. The same smiling woman twice, eyes closed on the left and open on the right, with an Open Eyes button between the two photos.
    Image: Adobe

    Lightroom can now open closed eyes in a photo with one tap

    Adobe's Lightroom app for iPhone, iPad and Android can now open a subject's closed eyes with a single tap, using generative AI. It uses other pictures of the same person in the user's library as a guide, so the eyes match their own colour, size and shape.

    Read on Evoke Media : Lightroom can now open closed eyes in a photo with one tap

    Reported by The Verge

  4. The Spotify logo in white on a bright pink and green background of curving stripes.
    Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge

    Spotify pulls 50 million AI spam tracks from its recommendations

    Spotify says it has removed more than 50 million AI-generated "slop" and spam tracks from its recommendations over the past year, and changed its system to highlight more music by human artists. It no longer recommends music from AI personas, which now carry a badge, and says listener complaints have fallen since.

    Read on Evoke Media : Spotify pulls 50 million AI spam tracks from its recommendations

    Reported by The Verge

  5. Two photos side by side: Tod Machover smiling, a hand to his forehead, and trombonists of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in concert dress.
    Image: Andy Ryan; Robert Torres; courtesy of Tod Machover

    Tod Machover's new symphony plays with AI

    MIT composer Tod Machover's symphony "already and not yet" is having its world premiere with the Boston Symphony Orchestra this week, with a "Live AI" system built at the MIT Media Lab responding to the players. In one movement the AI sets each musician apart as a soloist; in another it seeks common ground, in a piece written as a meditation on democracy.

    Read on Evoke Media : Tod Machover's new symphony plays with AI

    Reported by MIT News

Evoke Media www.evokemedia.io/newsletterIssue 003 · 12–13

The Week in AI

Five AI developments from around the world this week.

  1. Two mirrored MRI slices of a fetal head with the brain outlined in yellow, on a blue patterned background.
    Image: courtesy of the MIT Jameel Clinic and the researchers

    Teaching AI about symmetry could make prenatal diagnosis more reliable

    Researchers at MIT, Boston Children's Hospital and Inria built E(3)-Pose, a deep-learning model that tracks a fetus's moving head during an MRI scan, with the left-right symmetry of the head built into its design. Sharper, more complete scans could help doctors spot problems in the developing brain earlier and more accurately.

    Read on Evoke Media : Teaching AI about symmetry could make prenatal diagnosis more reliable

    Reported by MIT News

  2. A car's dashboard screen shows a map with directions and a Gemini card: "Your flight to JFK is at gate B18 and is expected to depart on time at 3:30pm."
    Image: Google

    Google's more personal Gemini is coming to cars

    Gemini in Android Auto and in cars with Google built-in can now draw on Gmail, Calendar, Maps and Photos, so a driver can ask for a flight's status from its confirmation email, or say "take me to my doctor's appointment". Apps are connected only for drivers who turn on Google's Personal Intelligence setting.

    Read on Evoke Media : Google's more personal Gemini is coming to cars

    Reported by The Verge and Ars Technica

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The Week in AI

  1. The same smiling woman twice, eyes closed on the left and open on the right, with an Open Eyes button between the two photos.
    Image: Adobe

    Lightroom can now open closed eyes in a photo with one tap

    Adobe's Lightroom app for iPhone, iPad and Android can now open a subject's closed eyes with a single tap, using generative AI. It uses other pictures of the same person in the user's library as a guide, so the eyes match their own colour, size and shape.

    Read on Evoke Media : Lightroom can now open closed eyes in a photo with one tap

    Reported by The Verge

  2. The Spotify logo in white on a bright pink and green background of curving stripes.
    Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge

    Spotify pulls 50 million AI spam tracks from its recommendations

    Spotify says it has removed more than 50 million AI-generated "slop" and spam tracks from its recommendations over the past year, and changed its system to highlight more music by human artists. It no longer recommends music from AI personas, which now carry a badge, and says listener complaints have fallen since.

    Read on Evoke Media : Spotify pulls 50 million AI spam tracks from its recommendations

    Reported by The Verge

  3. Two photos side by side: Tod Machover smiling, a hand to his forehead, and trombonists of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in concert dress.
    Image: Andy Ryan; Robert Torres; courtesy of Tod Machover

    Tod Machover's new symphony plays with AI

    MIT composer Tod Machover's symphony "already and not yet" is having its world premiere with the Boston Symphony Orchestra this week, with a "Live AI" system built at the MIT Media Lab responding to the players. In one movement the AI sets each musician apart as a soloist; in another it seeks common ground, in a piece written as a meditation on democracy.

    Read on Evoke Media : Tod Machover's new symphony plays with AI

    Reported by MIT News

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Learn AI: Three Tips to Try

Three things to try this week, whichever assistant you use.

  1. Say what to leave out

    Rules about what you don't want work as well as asking for what you do. Name the length, the words to avoid and the format to skip.

    Try

    Explain this to a 12-year-old in under 100 words. No jargon and no bullet points.

  2. Let it ask you first

    A vague request gets a vague answer. Invite the assistant to ask what it needs to know before it starts.

    Try

    Before you begin, ask me up to three questions you need answered to do this well.

  3. Break a big job into steps

    Long tasks go better a piece at a time. Ask for a plan first, check it, then have it work through the plan one part at a time.

    Try

    First give me a five-point outline. Wait for my OK before you write each section.

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EVOKE News

Inside the EVOKE Ecosystem

Announcements from EVOKE's own businesses, written by the company — not news reporting.

The top of the EVOKE Marketplace home page: the EVOKE Phygital Marketplace header with search and category links, a banner for CS Beverly Hills' Master Blaster watch, and the first tiles of the top collections from KIÇH, SVAG, CS Beverly Hills and Carlos Santana.
Image: EVOKE Marketplace

The EVOKE Phygital Marketplace

One of EVOKE Immersive Technologies' featured projects, the EVOKE Phygital Marketplace is a commerce ecosystem that connects online shopping with real-world brand experiences. It gives customers one place to discover products, explore virtual stores, earn rewards and engage with curated sellers.

  • Online Marketplace
  • Virtual Stores
  • Seller Platform
  • EGT Rewards
  • Charity integration
  • Product registration
evokegrid.com ↗
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EVOKE News

EVOKE Tech Spotlight

Announcements from EVOKE's own businesses, written by the company — not news reporting.

The EVOKE Events Platform: every part of an event, from one dashboard

The problem
Event organisers rely on too many disconnected tools to handle registration, ticketing, guest lists, check-ins and performance reporting, which creates friction, missed revenue and a fragmented experience for attendees.
What it does
The EVOKE Events Platform lets teams create polished event pages, sell tickets, manage RSVPs, track attendance and see real-time analytics, all from one dashboard. It brings together multi-tier ticketing and payments, guest management, event discovery and team collaboration with role-based permissions.
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EVOKE Immersive Technologies' illustration of the Events Platform: a dark dashboard with gold figures for registrations, check-ins and revenue, cards for a conference, a webinar and a networking event, and the top of a registration chart and a guest list.
Illustration: EVOKE Immersive Technologies
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