Marc Hoag
👋 Hi, I’m Marc Hoag. You probably know me from my podcast, Autonomous Cars with Marc Hoag. Launched in 2018, I grew the podcast to 199 episodes in about 4 years and managed to land the #1 organic result on Google for "autonomous cars podcasts." As a California-licensed attorney, former venture-backed tech founder, and UCLA graduate, I currently sit on the advisory board for a California-based teleops startup. I most recently co-founded an autonomous vehicle consultancy with several academics in Europe; I'm authoring a book and Udemy course on ChatGPT; and I'm also testing a solo law practice around AI, AV, and other next-gen tech. Future Perfect was originally launched on Substack in October 2022 and focused on climate change, clean energy, and autonomous/electric vehicles. I grew this original iteration of Future Perfect, published every weekday, to 44 issues before going on hiatus at the end of December. In May 2023 (on "May the 4th," naturally!) I migrated Future Perfect to its new home on Beehiiv. And because of the meteoric impact of OpenAI's ChatGPT and other AI tech all around us, I decided to relaunch a refocused version of Future Perfect now spanning AI, climate change, and AVs/EVs. My hope is that if you're a scientist, engineer, founder, academic, student, activist, lobbyist, politician, or are otherwise interested or involved in these interrelated fields, then this daily newsletter will make it easier for you to stay on top everything you need to know. I hope that you'll subscribe and help me grow this newsletter. Thanks very much. 🙏
#106. 💻 Zoom's AI assistant 🇯🇵 Japan's support of ChatGPT for work 🤖 Elon Musk's X to use public data for AI training
PLUS: Social media debate with ChatGPT ✨ AI-powered support chatbot ✨ ChatGPT Chrome plugin
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#105. 🇨🇳 Baidu, SenseTime first AI approval in China 😱 Gizmodo fires Spanish translation staff 🤖 AI assistants within 5 years
PLUS: ChatGPT learning checklists ✨ AI for rappers ✨ chat with research papers
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#104. ©️ OpenAI disputes derivative works claims 🎒 MS AI-powered backpack 📸 Artisse's AI photos of you
PLUS: Win a social media debate ✨AI agents for your business ✨ AI for realtors
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#103. 👃 AI predicts chemicals' smells 🎉 OpenAI nears $1B in sales 🙈 OpenAI use drops
PLUS: SEO Power Prompting ✨ AI detector ✨AI stock picking
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#102. 🤕 LLMs' biggest weakness 🚗 Tesla's $300M AI cluster | 🙊 How AWS gave MS an opening in AI
PLUS: Balancing daily challenges ✨ AI-powered ideas ✨ viral posts
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#101. 🤖 Google Duet AI available 🏞️ ID'ing AI-generated images ⚠️ $400 to build an AI disinformation machine
PLUS: Role-playing games in ChatGPT ✨ AI-powered SEO optimization ✨ AI how-to guides
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#100. 📝Google's AI note-taking app 💬 your voice in 30 languages 🏫 AI in the classroom
PLUS: Securing AI in the enterprise ✨ reverse-engineer a meal ✨ AI-powered product photos ... and more!
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#99. FUTURE PERFECT IS BACK! 🤑 AI's trillion dollar opportunity | 🧠 How to tell when AI becomes conscious | 🎬 AI & Hollywood
PLUS: Lex raises $2.75M ✨ nutritional Power Prompting ✨ AI for A/B testing ProductHunt launches
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✨98. 🤩 Apple's ChatGPT competitor | 💨 Fervo's geothermal energy testing | 🤝 Tesla in early talks to license FSD to 'major' automaker
PLUS: ChatGPT's decline✨Meta's free AI now available ✨extreme heat's impact on the grid and renewables✨Gulf of Mexicos' first offshore wind lease✨Tesla FSD can transfer to new car for 2 months✨China's SAIC partners with Audi on EVs
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✨97. 🔎 Microsoft launches vector search | 🥵 COP 28 agenda | 🔋 Tesla's Gigafactory Berlin expansion
PLUS: WIX's AI website builder✨authors against AI training without permission✨Tata's $5.2B EV battery plant in UK✨China's 16 MW offshore wind turbine✨Volvo Group's EV truck, bus, marine engine record deliveries✨Nissan first Japanese automaker to adopt Tesla's NACS charger
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