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$10,000 AI Futures Challenge 2026

Imagine a future where AI has gone right. Build that world. Win up to $5,000. We’re looking for ambitious, grounded futures with AI, and the paths to build them. No expertise required, just curiosity and imagination. Submissions close 30 June 2026.

XPRIZE Future Vision Competition

Create a 3-minute trailer depicting an optimistic, abundant future for humanity. The grand prize winner will receive $2.6M+ to turn their vision into a full feature film, with over $1M in additional prizes for runners-up.

A Century of Plenty: a story of progress for generations to come

Dives into years of research by McKinsey Global Institute to understand what drove the last century of progress, and how we can lift everyone to today’s Swiss-level prosperity by 2100.

Keep the Future Human contest: winners

The Future of Life Institute has announced the winners of its Keep the Future Human contest, which invited creators to illustrate the challenges of the AGI race through digital media.

The Gentle Romance: Stories of AI and Humanity

Richard Ngo's collection of stories that meaningfully explore different futures with smarter-than-human AI: how could this technology reshape our sense of self, purpose, and what matters?

Tomorrow's AI

A beautiful scrollytelling site that visualizes 13 interactive, expert-forecasted scenarios of how advanced AI could transform our world—for better or for worse. By the Future of Life Institute.

Reimagining techno-optimism for a better future

Reboot is a publication and community reimagining techno-optimism for a better collective future.

New Abundance & Growth Fund

A major bet on progress: Open Phil launches a $120M fund to support ambitious, abundance-focused projects shaping a better future.

New book: Abundance

A sharp, hopeful take on how we can reignite progress and aim higher for humanity’s future.

A Brief History of the Future

A Brief History of the Future is a six-part documentary series about our futures – and how we can reimagine them.

A literary magazine that publishes optimistic, realistic, scientific fiction

Possibilia is bringing you positive visions of the future, in magazine form — expressed through short stories and nonfiction companion pieces, brought to life with curated illustration and cutting-edge design.

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