Watch the winning trailer from the Future Vision XPRIZE, The Gifted.

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The grand prize winner of the Future Vision XPRIZE is announced, with the film 'The Gifted' envisioning a technology-enabled future centered on empathy and human connection.

<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/futurevisionxprize_social.max-600x600.format-webp.webp">Watch the winning trailer from the Future Vision XPRIZE, The Gifted.
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# Watch the winning trailer from the Future Vision XPRIZE, The Gifted. Source: [https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/winner-future-vision-xprize/](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/winner-future-vision-xprize/) Earlier this year, we partnered with XPRIZE and Range Media Partners to launch the Future Vision XPRIZE, a global competition calling for films that envision a hopeful, technology\-enabled future\. Last week in Los Angeles, independent filmmaker Jeff Synthesized was named the grand prize winner for[The Gifted](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yivXyWCaEc8)\. Inspired by a deeply personal story, the film centers on an 11\-year\-old boy who recreates his late mother’s voice and essence out of love and code\. What emerges across the town’s networks quietly cares for his entire community — reflecting the filmmaker’s belief that technology’s greatest promise lies in empathy and human connection\. Chosen from more than 2,500 entries worldwide, the solo\-developed project receives $100,000 alongside $2\.5 million in feature production funding\. Through Google’s 100 ZEROS initiative, we are partnering with Range Media Partners to help bring this story to the big screen\.

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