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August 25, 2025

Rapid Fire AI Updates & The Coming Energy Reckoning | [Sidecar Sync Episode 96]

August 25, 2025

From 250,000 Hot Dogs to One: How Biology Will Transform AI Economics

August 20, 2025

Big Models, Small Models, Open, Closed: Making Sense of Your AI Options

August 19, 2025

OpenAI Embraces 'Open' AI—What It Means for Associations

August 18, 2025

GPT-5: Revolutionary Leap or Overhyped Update? What Associations Need to Know

August 15, 2025

GPT-5 Has Landed & OpenAI Opens Up | [Sidecar Sync Episode 95]

August 12, 2025

Your Members Need an AI Authority. It Should Be You.

August 11, 2025

The Association That Bought the Future: AAPC's Bold AI Move

August 11, 2025

The Augmentation Advantage: Why AI Won't Replace Your Members (But Ignoring It Might)

August 08, 2025

Creating Member Value with AI: How a Custom GPT Became a Marketing Assistant for Endodontists

August 08, 2025

Semantic Health & the Future of Medical Coding with Dr. Nicola Sahar | [Sidecar Sync Episode 94]

August 06, 2025

The AI Infrastructure Gap That Nobody's Talking About

August 05, 2025

AGI: Separating the Hype from Reality for Your Association

August 04, 2025

Why Your Association's AI Safety Obsession Could Be Your Competitive Advantage

Mission-Driven Models, AGI on the Horizon, & the AI Infrastructure Crunch | [Sidecar Sync Episode 93]

The Physical API: When Robots Become as Easy to Program as Software

How AI Learned to See the World: The Data Revolution Powering Tomorrow's Robots

The Physical Turing Test: Why Associations Should Care About the Robot Revolution

Physical AI: The Robot Takeover We Actually Want | [Sidecar Sync Episode 92]

Rebuilding Course Development from the Ground Up — With the LCA

Your AI Guidelines Should Be a Green Light, Not a Stop Sign

The Tuesday Morning Test: Your AI Reality Check

When a 16-Year-Old Teaches AI: The Conor and Finn Grennan Story

Next-Gen Knowledge: AI Education with Conor and Finn Grennan | [Sidecar Sync Episode 91]

From Search to Answer: Why Your Association Needs Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

The 3% Problem: The Hidden Cost of Underinvesting in Technology

To Block or Not to Block: The AI Scraping Dilemma for Associations

Cloudflare vs. the Crawlers & The Nonprofit Tech Divide | [Sidecar Sync Episode 90]

From Bullets to Cannonballs: Why Your Association's AI Experiments Aren't Scaling

The Thought Experiment Every Association Leader Should Try: Build a Competitor to Your Own Organization

The Leadership-Lab-Crowd Framework: A New Model for AI Transformation in Associations

Navigating AI Seas: Leadership, Lab, and Crowd | [Sidecar Sync Episode 89]

Future-Ready: How the Society of Actuaries is Embracing AI with Purpose

Building a Culture of 'Catching People Doing Things Right' in Your Association

From Knowledge Work to Wisdom Work: How Associations Can Thrive in the AI Era

The AQ Revolution: Why Adaptability Quotient Matters More Than IQ or EQ for Association Leaders

Why Associations Need To Invest in AI

Adapt or Fade: Embracing the Adaptability Quotient with John Spence | [Sidecar Sync Episode 88]

The Pattern Matching Paradox: Why Apple's AI Critique Misses What Matters for Associations

October 2023 vs. June 2025: What Two Years Did to AI Avatars in HeyGen

The End of Monotone: AI Voices That Laugh, Whisper, and Inspire

Emotions, Accents, and Avatars Galore & Why Apple Says It’s All Just an Illusion | [Sidecar Sync Episode 87]

Leading AI Adoption in Associations: What We’re Learning at MSTA

Why Faster Might Actually Mean Better: AI's Impact on Association Education

From 52 Weeks to 2: What 26x Faster Course Creation Means for Associations

Start Small, Think Big: Your First Interactive Web Apps Are Just a Prompt Away

Online Learning Course Creation at 26x Speed | [Sidecar Sync Episode 86]

Building the Future: How We’re Preparing the American Paint Horse Association for 2030

From DC to AI: Avoiding Edison's mistake in the intelligence revolution - When Commercial Interests Cloud Technological Judgment

AI Video Gets Real: What Veo 3 Means for Association Content

Claude 3.7 to 4: What Changed and Why It Matters

Google's AI Arsenal: What Association Leaders Need to Know from I/O 2025

Generative Video Meets Deep Think at Google I/O & Claude 4 Finds Its Voice | [Sidecar Sync Episode 85]

The Unexpected AI Education Market Hiding in Your Membership

How to Think Like AlphaEvolve: The Framework That Discovers Better Solutions

Google's AlphaEvolve Solved What Stumped Mathematicians for 56 Years (Here's Why You Should Care)

Breaking Math with Google’s AlphaEvolve | [Sidecar Sync Episode 84]

The Most Exciting Thing I’ve Learned About AI This Year

The $3 Billion Signal: Why Your Association Can Finally Build What It Needs

Be Your Own Tech Advocate: Why Association Leaders Need to Lead AI Conversations

Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: The Sleep-Time Compute Revolution

Snooze to Win: Why Digital Naptime Is AI’s Most Productive Hour | [Sidecar Sync Episode 83]

From Small Wins to Strategic Investment: Building AI Pilot Projects Your Board Will Fund

Creating 'Light Bulb Moments': How to Demonstrate AI Value to Your Board

Getting Your Board on Board with AI | [Sidecar Sync Episode 82]

What Really Motivates Association Boards: Insights for AI Adoption

Deploying AI Without Compromising Trust: Secure Options for Association Data

AI's Compression Revolution: Microsoft's Phi-4 Models and the Trendline Associations Should Watch

Banking on Better Service: What Associations Can Learn from Wells Fargo's AI Success

Fargo vs. Klarna & The Rise of Reasoning Models | [Sidecar Sync Episode 81]

Good Vibes Only: The Pros and Cons of Vibe Coding for Associations

AI and the Future of Work: Data-Backed Insights from Anthropic's Economic Index

From Hours Lost to Value Gained: Why Investing in AI Upskilling Is the Fastest Path to ROI for Associations

Model Context Protocol: The USB-C Revolution for AI in Associations

Getting Hands-On with MCP & Anthropic’s AI Economic Index | [ Sidecar Sync Episode 80]

Reinventing Member Services: How Real-Time AI Changes the Value Equation

The Information Synthesizers: Which Association Functions Will AI Transform First?

Don’t Be the Last Store in Bend, Oregon: Why Associations Must Invest in Innovation, Even in a Downturn

AI at Lightning Speed: Why Inference Technology Will Transform Your Association's Member Experience

Ian Andrews Talks Groq’s Fast, Smart AI Inference Tech | [Sidecar Sync Episode 79]

Beyond Entertainment: What Disney's Robot Revolution Means for Associations

Navigating Market Uncertainty: Why Associations Should Invest Reserves in AI and Tech Modernization Now

Bringing Static Images to Life: How Hedra's AI Animation Technology Opens New Possibilities for Associations

Text That Works: GPT-4o's Conversational Approach to Image Generation

Cartoon Avatars, Talking Robots, and AI That Draws | [Sidecar Sync Episode 78]

Evaluating AI Models for Your Association: Lessons from LLAMA 4

What Makes Your Beer Taste Better: Identifying Your Association's True Value Drivers

Chip Manufacturing Rivals Join Forces: What the Intel-TSMC Partnership Means for Your Association

Intel Bets Big on Chips Again as Meta Drops Llama 4 | [Sidecar Sync Episode 77]

AI Won't Wait: Mastering the Art of Breaking Your Brain

The AI Giants' Moat is Leaking: DeepSeek V3 & the Rising Tide of Open Source Power

Your AI Intern Just Earned a PhD: Meet Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro

AI Innovations from Gemini and DeepSeek to Break Your Brain | [Sidecar Sync Episode 76]

AI-Ready or Not? Assessing Your Association's Member Service Foundation

Empowering Your Experts: The Human Side of AI in Member Services

Hold That AMS Project! Why Prioritizing AI Experiments Might Be Smarter Right Now

AI-Enhanced Member Services: Turning Strategy Into Action | [Sidecar Sync Episode 75]

AI That Sounds Like Us: Sesame AI and the Future of Voice Interaction

Should Anyone Still Learn to Code If AI Will Generate 100% of Code Next Year?

Mission Possible: What Manus AI's Secret Agent-Level Autonomy Could Mean for Associations

Manus AI Tackles Complex Tasks While Sesame AI Sounds a Little More Human | [Sidecar Sync Episode 74]

Spring Cleaning That Never Ends: How AI Can Maintain Your Association Database Year-Round

AI-Enhanced Member Services: The Task-by-Task Transformation Blueprint

The High Cost of Friction: Measuring Your Association's Experience Gap

AI-Enhanced Member Services: What You Need to Know [Sidecar Sync Episode 73]

Fostering Innovation in a Remote World: Lessons from Amazon's Return-to-Office Strategy

Extra AI, Hold the Guac: How Taco Tech is Reshaping Member Expectations

Rethinking the Tech Roadmap: Build Your AI Data Platform Before Replacing Your AMS

AI Tacos & Amazon’s Return to Office Mandate [Sidecar Sync Episode 72]

Content Alone Won't Cut It: Why Your Association's Educational Delivery Model Needs an AI Overhaul

Why Get Your Team AAiP Certified?

When Earth-Sized Computers Aren't Enough: Microsoft's Quantum Computing Breakthrough

Claude 3.7 and the Emergence of Gen 3 AI Models

February 27, 2025

The Next Generation Glow-Up of Claude and Grok & Microsoft Makes the Quantum Leap | [Sidecar Sync Episode 71]

February 25, 2025

The Paris AI Summit: A Pivotal Shift in the Global AI Conversation

February 20, 2025

Updates from the Paris AI Summit & Reuters’ Copyright Showdown [Sidecar Sync Episode 70]

February 18, 2025

Jevons Paradox: Why an 1865 Economic Theory Has Tech Giants and Associations Talking

February 13, 2025

OpenAI’s Deep Research & the Dilemma of Jevons Paradox | 69

February 11, 2025

Why Your Association's AI Strategy Needs a Finish Line

February 07, 2025

Wartime Leadership: Why Associations Can't Afford to Stay in Peacetime Mode

February 06, 2025

Adapt or Get Left Behind: How AI is Reshaping Associations with John Huisman | 68

January 30, 2025

Did China’s DeepSeek Just Dethrone OpenAI? | 67

January 29, 2025

Beyond Business Metrics: Why Growing Your People Is the True Measure of Leadership

January 23, 2025

Empowering Teams, Embracing AI: A Blueprint for Bold Leadership | 66

January 21, 2025

What Associations Can Learn from the TikTok Shutdown

January 16, 2025

AI, Leadership, and Innovation: Keynote Highlights from digitalNow 2024 (Day 2) | 65

January 14, 2025

Beyond Chat: How Associations Can Use Google's Gemini Deep Research to Make Better Decisions

January 09, 2025

Google’s Gemini Deep Research and Diamond Batteries That Last Forever [Sidecar Sync Episode 64]

January 02, 2025

Leadership Malpractice: Why Your Team's AI Readiness Can't Wait

December 31, 2024

The AI Transformation Is Here: 2025 Predictions Your Association Can't Ignore

December 12, 2024

Meta's Llama 3.3 70B: Advancing Accessible AI for Organizations

December 10, 2024

AI Granny Takes on Phone Scammers: How O2's Daisy is Turning the Tables on Fraudsters

December 05, 2024

How We Created a Sidecar Sync Podcast Episode Using Only Artificial Intelligence

November 22, 2024

Is Prompt Engineering Dead? The Evolution of AI Communication & What It Means for Associations

November 14, 2024

AI Agents for Associations: Revolutionizing Customer Experience [Sidecar Sync Episode 56]

November 06, 2024

How Content Builds Brand Habits [Updated]

November 05, 2024

Exploring AI Audio – Part 1: Fundamentals & Essential AI Audio Tools [Sidecar Sync Episode 54]

October 24, 2024

Generating Instant Avatars with HeyGen & Anthropic's New 'Computer Use Feature [Sidecar Sync Episode 53]

October 17, 2024

Meta's New Llama 3.2 Model & Decoding Digital Twins [Sidecar Sync Episode 52]

October 11, 2024

Navigating the 3D Future: Spatial Intelligence and the Evolution of Association Services

October 11, 2024

Live Demo of ChatGPT Canvas & Overview of Microsoft Copilot’s Wave 2 [Sidecar Sync Episode 51]

October 08, 2024

Continuous AI Learning: Why 15 Minutes a Day Could Transform Your Association's Future

October 04, 2024

Embracing AI-Powered Communication: What xRx Means for Associations

October 03, 2024

Sidecar's AI Learning Hub 2.0: Your Gateway to AI Mastery in the Association World

October 03, 2024

Celebrating 50 Episodes, Exploring AI Learning Hub, and Advances in Spatial Intelligence [Sidecar Sync Episode 50]

October 01, 2024

Revolutionizing Member Engagement: How Google's Notebook LM Can Transform Your Association's Content Strategy

September 27, 2024

From Pain to Gain: Practical Applications of AI-Powered Data Analysis for Associations

September 26, 2024

Previewing digitalNow 2024, Google NotebookLM, and xRx Framework Explained [Sidecar Sync Episode 49]

September 24, 2024

Unlocking the Power of Unstructured Data: How AI is Revolutionizing Association Management

September 19, 2024

Unlocking AI-Powered Insights from Unstructured Data [Sidecar Sync Episode 48]

September 18, 2024

AI and Energy: How Artificial Intelligence is Driving Innovation in Grid Infrastructure

September 12, 2024

Project Strawberry, Hugging Face Speech-to-Speech Model, & AI and Grid Infrastructure [Sidecar Sync Episode 47]

September 12, 2024

The AI Generation Gap: Strategies for Bridging the Divide in Your Association's Workforce

September 09, 2024

Association Dialogue Series: Scott Breen Interviews Melissa Garcia

September 05, 2024

Leveraging Asset Bases with AI, The Cost of AI Tokens & Generational Differences in AI Adoption [Sidecar Sync Episode 46]

September 03, 2024

digitalNow 2024 Keynote Highlight: Dr. Denise Turley

August 29, 2024

7 AI Strategies to Revolutionize Your Content Writing [Sidecar Sync Episode 45]

August 29, 2024

Scaling Laws in AI: What Association Professionals Need to Know

August 27, 2024

The AI Scientist: Reimagining Research and Problem-Solving in Associations

August 22, 2024

Scaling Laws, AI Scientist Framework, and AI-Generated TV with Showrunner [Sidecar Sync Episode 44]

August 22, 2024

AI Policy Development: Balancing Innovation and Data Protection in Associations

August 19, 2024

Overcoming AI Adoption Obstacles: A Guide for Association Leaders

August 15, 2024

6 Obstacles Preventing Your Organization From Embracing AI [Sidecar Sync Episode 43]

August 15, 2024

Navigating the Era of Deepfakes: Strategies for Associations to Maintain Trust and Integrity

August 13, 2024

The Rise of Humanoid Robots: Implications for Association Workforces and Industries

August 08, 2024

ASAE Annual Conference, Figure’s Humanoid Robot, & Segment Anything with Meta Ai’s SAM2 [Sidecar Sync Episode 42]

August 08, 2024

Beyond Language Models: Understanding the Significance of Google DeepMind's Mathematical AI Models

August 06, 2024

AI-Powered Video Tools: Revolutionizing Digital Marketing for Associations

August 01, 2024

The Power of AI in Storytelling: Lessons from Lumi and Implications for Associations

August 01, 2024

Storytelling with Lumi AI, Google DeepMind's Mathematical AI Models, and Deepfakes in Politics [Sidecar Sync Episode 41]

GPT-4.0 Mini & LLAMA 3.1: The New Frontier of AI Models and Their Impact on Associations

The Impact of AI-Native Education Platforms on Associations: Eureka Labs and the Future of Learning

Andrej Karpathy's Eureka Labs, ChatGPT-4o Mini is Mighty, and Llama 3.1 Unveiled [Sidecar Sync Episode 40]

Beyond the Horizon: How Future AI Advancements May Reshape Humanity

AI and Exponential Growth, Protein Folding, and Predicting the Future of AGI [Sidecar Sync Episode 39]

Building Your Own GPT: Lessons from Guy Kawasaki's Approach to Personalized AI

Combating AI-Driven Scams with AI

Embracing AI to Achieve Remarkable Success with Guy Kawasaki [Sidecar Sync Episode 38]

How Claude 3.5 Sonnet is Redefining AI Models

Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, AI Scams, and Runway's Gen-3 Alpha Model [Sidecar Sync Episode 37]

Transforming Professional Networking with AI Vector Models

Five Growth Strategies for Association Leaders

Demystifying Vectors and Embeddings in AI: A Beginner's Guide

Transforming Healthcare: Inteleos' Tech Evolution and AI Future with Dale Cyr & Juan Sanchez [Sidecar Sync Episode 36]

From Hackathons to AI Mastery: Understanding Vectors and Embeddings [Sidecar Sync Episode 35]

Apple's AI Breakthrough, Wayve's Autonomous Driving, and Predicting the Weather with Aurora [Sidecar Sync Episode 34]

Association Leadership Interview Series: A Conversation with Trevor Mitchell

Google AI Overviews, DeepL’s Translation Revolution, and Personalizing with REX’s AI Engine [Sidecar Sync Episode 33]

What Are Vector Databases and Why Are They So Important for Associations?

AI Marketing Strategies, PLG Insights, and the Future of User Engagement with Bill Macaitis [Sidecar Sync Episode 32]

The Breakthrough of AlphaFold 3: Revolutionizing Biological Research

Exploring the Advancements & Implications of ChatGPT 4.0

AlphaFold 3's Breakthrough, GPT-4o Innovations, and AI's Role in Organizations [Sidecar Sync Episode 31]

Jeff Jones on Patient Care Innovation & Transforming Healthcare with AI [Sidecar Sync Episode 30]

Microsoft’s New MAI-1, Google’s AI Report on Non-Profits, & Randy Travis Gets his Voice Back [Sidecar Sync Episode 29]

Who Really Owns Your AI Creations?

Intellectual Property & AI Armor with Patent Attorney Robert Plotkin [Sidecar Sync Episode 28]

How Associations Can Navigate the Financial Landscape of AI

The Democratization of Expertise, Meta AI Chatbot, and Making Deepfakes with Microsoft’s VASA-1 [Sidecar Sync Episode 27]

How to Maximize Your Association’s Member Value Over Time with CLV Data