Hopeful Futures AI

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What will our world look like when AI is everywhere? You decide! Join Hopeful Futures AI and share your vision for a better tomorrow.

What is Hopeful Futures AI?

Picture this: It's 2050, and AI is everywhere. But what kind of everywhere? Helpful? Creative? Fair? That's where YOU come in! We want you to take us on a journey into a hopeful future.

We're inviting young people from across the UK to advertise an imagined future. Design a brochure, poster, postcard, video or podcast that shows how might AI in 2050 can help us learn better, stay healthier, and save our planet? What could go right? What kind of AI future do YOU want to create?

This isn't about predicting the future. It's about inventing the futures we hope for! 🌟

Hopeful Futures AI is a national exhibition challenge where YOU can share your visions of the future and get creative and positive about what AI can do.

Make us want to visit your version of tomorrow

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Resources to get started

Hopeful Futures AI Timeline

Follow our key milestones and events throughout the Hopeful Futures AI challenge

December 12, 2025

Challenge Opens

Your school or youth organisation can get registered for the challenge. Teachers and facilitators can register here. Individual’s and teams are not required to register at this stage, this is only for supporting organisations.

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December 12, 2025

Design Brief Released

We have lots of resources with lots of ideas to help you get started on your challenge journey

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February 27, 2026

Submission Deadline

Send us your submission by 4pm on this day.

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February 28th - March 9th, 2026

Judging Panel

Our expert panel of judges will consider the submissions and award winners will be notified

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March 16th - March 31st, 2026

Futures Exhibition

Our exhibition will be all ready for launch! Watch this space!

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Pick Your Future!

Choose a theme that excites you and start imagining what AI could look like in 2050. Education? Environment? Healthcare? The future is yours to design!

Future of Learning

Future of Learning

How will AI transform learning and education by 2050?

Explore This Brief
Environmental Futures

Environmental Futures

How can AI help us create a sustainable future by 2050?

Explore This Brief
Healthcare 2050

Healthcare 2050

Reimagine healthcare with AI - promoting wellbeing for all

Explore This Brief

How It Works

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Register

Schools and youth organisations can sign up for the challenge and gain access codes for student teams to use.

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Choose a Brief

Teams select the relevant design brief.

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Design & Create

Use our resources to help imagine and design AI futures.

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Submit

Submit your entry through our online submission portal.

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Exhibit

The work is featured in regional exhibitions and on our digital archive.

Make us want to visit your version of tomorrow

Start creating your vision of 2050, today!