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At Freethink, we share stories about the evolving world for those who want to make a difference. Every week, we publish videos and articles showcasing passionate innovators who are tackling some of humanity's toughest challenges with fresh ideas. Our videos take you on a close-up journey, introducing you to aerospace engineers in the Mojave Desert and entrepreneurs in the largest slum in South America. You'll learn not just what they are doing, but also why they are driven, the challenges they encounter, and what keeps them motivated to push ahead. We hope that after watching these inspiring stories, you'll gain valuable insights to help you make your own impact on the world. Freethink serves as a platform for the individuals and ideas that are reshaping our future. We believe that by sharing incredible stories, we can collectively make progress and inspire change.

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Are large language models dyslexic?

4 days ago | freethink.com | Louis Rosenberg

Like millions of Americans, I am dyslexic. You would probably never know, unless you happen to be sitting in the passenger seat of my car and find yourself yelling “I said left!” as I oddly turn right. Then, if you ask me why I turned the wrong way, you will be unable to comprehend that I just can’t remember which side is my right and which is my left. It is simply impossible for me. I know this makes no sense. After all, I have no problem telling the difference between other things.
Jony Ive has found his new Steve Jobs

2 weeks ago | freethink.com | Leander Kahney

It looks like Jony Ive has found his new Steve Jobs. In a blockbuster announcement on May 21, the world’s most famous designer revealed that io, an AI hardware startup he’d quietly founded, had been acquired by entrepreneur Sam Altman’s OpenAI for a whopping $6.5 billion. The announcement pairs the most consequential designer of the modern age with Silicon Valley’s top fundraiser and visionary.
Leander Kahney

2 weeks ago | freethink.com | Leander Kahney

Contributor Technology writer and author Leander Kahney is the editor and publisher of Cult of Mac, a daily news website that follows everything Apple. He is also the author of six books about Apple, including the New York Times bestsellers “Inside Steve’s Brain” and “Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple’s Greatest Products.”
Grand Theft Auto 6’s delay could lead to a spike in real-life crime

2 weeks ago | freethink.com | Christopher J. Ferguson

The long-awaited Grand Theft Auto 6 has a new release date: May 2026. The trailer looks beautiful, with modern photo-realistic graphics and a return to the Miami-like Vice City setting. Players will be able to play as Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, a Bonnie-and-Clyde couple on an adventure of criminal mayhem. For those unfamiliar with the GTA franchise, it has an open-world setting that allows you to run over pedestrians, get in shootouts with cops, or visit a grimy strip club.
Flexible brain implant takes major leap forward

3 weeks ago | freethink.com | Yasmin Khorram

Imagine a world where your thoughts are translated into commands for a computer, smartphone, or prosthetic limb. No, this isn’t a pitch for a sequel to “Minority Report.” It’s the world a growing group of startups (backed by a who’s who of billionaires) are working to create right now — and one of those companies just got significantly closer to realizing this vision. Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are systems that allow direct communication between the brain and external machines.
The billionaire building space lasers to power Earth

1 month ago | freethink.com | B. David Zarley

Armed with a freshly raised Series A round of $50 million, billionaire Baiju Bhatt wants to move from Wall Street to space. The co-founder of stock-trading platform Robinhood and son of a NASA scientist, Bhatt announced his new company, Aetherflux, in the fall of 2024, and the startup’s goal is straight out of sci-fi: harvest solar power closer to the source, gathering it from the heavens and beaming it back down to Earth via laser. Aetherflux wants to move fast, too.
This startup is racing to mine the final frontier

1 month ago | freethink.com | Kristin Houser

It’s 2030. A shortage of rare metals needed to build many clean energy technologies threatens to stymie global decarbonization efforts, but thankfully, a mining startup just proved we can tap into a new source for the materials: asteroids. Earth is an excellent provider for humanity. Not only does it supply us with breathable air, liquid water, and the other basics that we need to survive, its crust also contains more than 90 elements in thousands of combinations.
How technology has transformed private intelligence

2 months ago | freethink.com | Ben Upton

In January 2013, Paul Kolbe was at a hotel in downtown Mexico City for a meeting of oil and gas company BP’s global security team. He had joined the British multinational five years earlier, after serving 25 years in the CIA’s directorate of operations. Suddenly, his phone began pinging with calls and emails from BP headquarters. Just before sunrise, a group of armed men had attacked a gas plant in In Amenas, an Algerian town 6,000 miles (9,650 km) away.
How local innovators are transforming the world

2 months ago | freethink.com | Alasdair Lane

As a young boy in the heart of the Ghanaian countryside, Alloysius Attah spent weekends toiling on his aunt’s small farm, planting and harvesting crops under the scorching sun. The experience opened his eyes to the challenges faced by rural smallholders—individuals who form the foundation of Ghana’s economy. Despite their hard work, these farmers often remained trapped in cycles of poverty, their struggles compounded by the adverse effects of increasingly extreme weather.
Will LLMs lead to an artificial general intelligence?

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Excerpted from The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI 2019-2025 by Dwarkesh Patel, published by Stripe Press. Available for purchase and preorder now. Copyright © 2025 by Dwarkesh Patel. Used by permission.