Mallory Mejias

Mallory Mejias is passionate about creating opportunities for association professionals to learn, grow, and better serve their members using artificial intelligence. She enjoys blending creativity and innovation to produce fresh, meaningful content for the association space. Mallory co-hosts and produces the Sidecar Sync podcast, where she delves into the latest trends in AI and technology, translating them into actionable insights.

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What the UAE and South Korea Know About AI Adoption That American Organizations Don't

The United States builds the most advanced AI systems on the planet. American companies created ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. American data centers power the global AI infrastructure. American researchers publish the most influential papers. By every...

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Global Gaps in AI Use & What Happens When Capital Doesn’t Need Labor? | [Sidecar Sync Episode 118]

Summary: In this episode of Sidecar Sync, Mallory Mejias and Amith Nagarajan unpack two powerful narratives shaping our AI future: the surprising...

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From Robotaxis to Robot Pets: CES 2026's Wildest (and Most Practical) Reveals

CES 2026 delivered its usual mix of the practical and the peculiar. But this year, even the quirky gadgets pointed toward a consistent theme: AI is...

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"The ChatGPT Moment for Physical AI Is Here": Robotics Takes Center Stage at CES 2026

Robotics dominated CES 2026 in a way we haven't seen before. More robots appeared at this year's show than ever, but what's notable isn't the...

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Why the Biggest News from CES 2026 Wasn't a Gadget—It Was a Chip

CES 2026 just wrapped in Las Vegas, and while the Consumer Electronics Show has historically been about TVs, phones, and gadgets, this year's biggest...

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The Physical AI Moment: Dispatches from CES 2026 | [Sidecar Sync Episode 117]

Summary: CES 2026 brought the heat—and the robots. In this episode, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias break down the biggest stories from the...

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The 95% Problem: Why Association AI Pilots Stall (And How to Break Through)

A study from MIT's Sloan School of Management found that 95% of enterprise AI initiatives fail to reach production with measurable impact....

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When Your $10K AI Add-On Can't Beat Free ChatGPT

Your AMS vendor just announced an AI assistant module. It's an additional $10,000 per year. Your LMS now offers AI-powered content generation for a...

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Why Workflow Thinking Beats Chatbot Thinking in Association AI

When association leaders decide to "do something with AI," the default instinct is predictable: build a chatbot. It makes sense on the surface....

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