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Why Smart Associations Don't Use One AI Model. They Use Five.

Mallory Mejias: Apr 21, 2026, 6:30:01 AM

Most AI conversations in associations start with the same question: which model should we use? Claude or ChatGPT? Gemini or something open-source?...

AI Models Innovation

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The Little Models That Could: How AI Got 200x Cheaper in Three Years

Mallory Mejias: Apr 20, 2026, 6:30:00 AM

In early 2023, if you wanted access to the smartest AI available, you paid about $30 per million tokens to use GPT-4. It was expensive, it lived in...

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Sidecar Sync Episode episode 130 cover featuring Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias

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The Little AI Models That Could | [Sidecar Sync Episode 130]

Mallory Mejias: Apr 17, 2026, 12:16:35 PM

Summary: This week on the Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias trace one of the biggest stories in AI: how cutting-edge intelligence...

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

Mallory Mejias: Apr 7, 2026, 9:40:56 AM

In late March, a misconfigured content management system at Anthropic left nearly 3,000 unpublished assets publicly accessible.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

AI Models Anthropic

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

Mallory Mejias: Apr 6, 2026, 5:57:47 PM

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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