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Claude Can Use Your Computer Now — Here's How to Think About It

Computer use — the ability for AI to see your screen, click buttons, open apps, and navigate software on your behalf — has been technically possible for a while. Anthropic released it as an API-only beta back in late 2024. But "technically possible"...

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What the Claude Mythos Leak Tells Us About Where AI Is Headed

In late March, a misconfigured content management system at Anthropic left nearly 3,000 unpublished assets publicly accessible. Among them was a...

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Voice AI Is About to Get a Lot Cheaper and Faster — What Associations Should Know

If your association has been watching voice AI from the sidelines — maybe impressed by the demos but put off by the cost or complexity — the calculus...

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The Claude Mythos Leak & the Reality of Computer-Using Agents | [Sidecar Sync Episode 128]

Summary: This week on the Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias unpack a whirlwind of Claude news, from Anthropic’s accidental “Mythos”...

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The AI Harness: Why What's Built Around the Model Matters More Than the Model Itself

A lot of associations spent the past year or two making what felt like a big decision: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot. Teams were assembled....

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Everyone's Talking About OpenClaw. Here's What Actually Matters for Your Association.

If you've been anywhere near AI news in the past few weeks, you've probably seen the name OpenClaw. NVIDIA's CEO compared it to the arrival of Linux....

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A New Era of AI Education with the ‘AI Learning Hub’ & The Rise of OpenClaw | [Sidecar Sync Episode 127]

Summary: In this episode of Sidecar Sync, co-hosts Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias dive into the explosive rise of OpenClaw—an open-source AI...

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Your Members' Expectations Are Being Set by Amazon, Not Your Peers

Your members don't compare your website to other association websites. They compare it to every other digital experience they have in a day —...

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From Hackathon to Live Product in 60 Days: A Playbook for Association AI Experiments

In late January, a group of 14 people gathered at a beach house in Florida for six days. They worked 16 to 18 hour days, mostly self-directed, with...

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