{
  "id": 13240190,
  "title": "An AI-Generated Trailer Won the Inaugural $2.5 Million Future Vision XPRIZE — and Its Director Hopes It’ll Change Minds About AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/an-ai-generated-trailer-won-the-inaugural-2-5-million-future-vision",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-09T22:29:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/an-ai-generated-trailer-the-gifted-future-vision-xprize-1236907106/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Director Jeff T. Thomas has worked on dozens of television episodes and music videos, some featuring the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Melissa Leo. But with AI, his feature debut is nigh. Thomas, under his moniker “Jeff Synthesized,” took home the $2.5 million “Future Vision XPRIZE” last month with the AI-generated proof-of-concept trailer for “The […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}