Combining AI and a deluge of open data has enabled some intelligence vendors to surpass the capabilities of government agencies. | Continue reading
These changemakers show that social innovation thrives when it draws on the knowledge and lived experience of the people impacted. | Continue reading
The Great Progression: 2025-2050, Leyden’s new series of essays and interviews for Freethink Voices, roughs out a new grand narrative of our historic opportunity to harness AI and other transformative technologies to drive progress, reinvent America, and make a much better world. | Continue reading
The Great Progression: 2025-2050, Leyden’s new series of essays and interviews for Freethink Voices, roughs out a new grand narrative of our historic opportunity to harness AI and other transformative technologies to drive progress, reinvent America, and make a much better world. | Continue reading
An exclusive excerpt from AI podcaster Dwarkesh Patel's first book, The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI 2019-2025. | Continue reading
To truly understand our historic moment, you need a comprehensive, big-picture, long-term perspective that deeply understands artificial intelligence and the next wave of transformative technologies. | Continue reading
Social innovation is proving that when we work together across sectors, lasting change is possible. | Continue reading
We have a historic opportunity to harness AI and other transformative technologies in order to make a much better world in the next 25 years. | Continue reading
Robotics startup 1X Technologies is now sending its humanoid robots into homes to help people with chores and provide companionship. | Continue reading
"These investments we make in exploring our universe have always paid dividends. That drive to explore these frontiers is what forces us to be creative and inventive." | Continue reading
Victims of LA's wildfires are opting for tech company Cover's prefab homes over traditional new builds. Here's why. | Continue reading
Solutionism means fully accepting what’s in front of us and enthusiastically stepping up to meet the challenge. | Continue reading
Decades of disinvestment left Black communities in the South fighting for clean air and water. Now they're showing the nation what justice looks like. | Continue reading
Training on the DNA of nearly 130,000 species taught Evo 2 how to generate DNA sequences the same way other AIs do text or images. | Continue reading
Come with us to visit Terraform Industries, the start-up harnessing artificial photosynthesis to make fossil-free fuel. | Continue reading
Toxic waste sites surround Black communities in the South, poisoning their air, water, and health. This is how they're fighting back—and winning. | Continue reading
Manufacturers are now equipping their PCs with the hardware needed to run the latest AI applications locally. Here's what that means for you. | Continue reading
The question isn’t whether we can sculpt new life. The question is what comes next. | Continue reading
Wearables that treat health issues, track countless biomarkers, and last far longer than today's devices are on the horizon. | Continue reading
AI-powered tools may already be giving some lawyers the upper hand in court. | Continue reading
"Green" jobs that help combat the climate crisis are on the rise, according to the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs 2025 report. | Continue reading
Interest and investment in offshore solar, wind, and nuclear power systems is increasing as global efforts to decarbonize ramp up. | Continue reading
We need to fully acknowledge problems, while vigorously pursuing solutions. Call it “solutionism.” | Continue reading
We seem to be on the precipice of a green revolution: Over the last 50 years, the price of solar panels has fallen by 99.5%. Over the last 30 years, […] | Continue reading
Khan Academy's new AI tutor, Khanmigo, has the potential to revolutionize education for students and teachers alike. | Continue reading
Water shortages are becoming more and more frequent. Even in the US, aging infrastructure, contaminated wells, and failing septic systems leave millions without access to clean water. But wastewater infrastructure […] | Continue reading
A “Virtual Lab” populated by AI scientists could overcome one of the biggest challenges in interdisciplinary research. | Continue reading
Stand Insurance is using computer simulations and "digital twins" to help homeowners make their properties fire resilient. | Continue reading
How the cult hit sci-fi show imagines a “techno-realist” future. | Continue reading
Restrictive zoning policies helped create America's housing shortage. Zoning reform could help end it. | Continue reading
"Technology has always been co-opted for war, but truly intelligent AI, let alone a superintelligence, is a different beast entirely." | Continue reading
A look back on the 10 greatest space stories of 2024, from SpaceX's "Mechazilla" to a first-of-its-kind civilian spacewalk. | Continue reading
The technology could one day allow people with terminal illnesses to go into "hibernation" until a cure is found. | Continue reading
In AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted in Italy, destroying not only the city of Pompeii, but also neighboring Herculaneum, a beachside town which was home to a vast library full […] | Continue reading
Just 37% of sub-Saharan Africans use the internet today, but Google predicts the next 10 years will be the region’s “digital decade.” | Continue reading
“Hello, world!” read one inconspicuous tweet posted on the Twitter account of Tom Oxley, founder and CEO of Synchron, a startup that develops brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), in December 2021. The […] | Continue reading
VR experiences are getting increasingly visually impressive. Some of the graphics in virtual worlds are so advanced that they seem almost indistinguishable from our world of reality. But there’s still […] | Continue reading
The following is Chapter 4 from the book The Techno-Humanist Manifesto by Jason Crawford, Founder of the Roots of Progress Institute. The entirety of the book will be published on Freethink, one […] | Continue reading
AI could one day be woven throughout the grid management system — here are the pros and cons. | Continue reading
A CDC survey suggests America’s obesity rate may be falling. Is this a turning point in the obesity epidemic? Or just a temporary plateau? | Continue reading
From hallucinations to regulatory battles, Gary Marcus argues the AI status quo has failed us and it's time citizens demand something more. | Continue reading
Freethink talks to Brian Anthony, associate director of MIT.nano, on the enormous benefits – and challenges – of microscopic tech. | Continue reading
A group backed by Sam Altman is pursuing the creation of "personhood credentials" that would prove an internet user is a real person. | Continue reading
Experts answer 10 big questions about the nightmare scenario that could send us back to the pre-Space Age. | Continue reading
Flexport is using generative AI to read documents, talk to truckers, and create a "knowledge agent" that's an expert in shipping. | Continue reading
If Boom gets its way, the future of supersonic passenger travel will be quieter, cleaner, and more affordable than its past. | Continue reading
Could the future of healthcare be a tiny robotic camera? Swallow this 13mm pill and you can pilot it around your stomach for a view into your body. This moving […] | Continue reading
Axon's AI innovations promise to free officers from desks, but not without questions of ethics. CEO Rick Smith addresses concerns and community trust: | Continue reading