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A stylized, isometric vector illustration of an open charcoal gray filing cabinet drawer with a gold handle and label holder. Inside, a row of index cards with alphabetized tabs (A-G) in alternating sage green, peach, and teal recedes. One single, prominent coral-pink card stands out, raised significantly higher than the others in the center. The background is a clean, flat cream color.

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What's Coming for Association Knowledge Bases: Faster, Smarter, More Accurate

Mallory Mejias: Apr 23, 2026 12:25:40 PM

More associations are building AI-powered knowledge assistants every month. The pitch is compelling: members get instant answers drawn from your...

An illustrative vector drawing of a vintage steam train with an orange-red locomotive and a very long line of alternating colored (yellow, green, pink) freight cars. The train travels along a single, winding track that curves up and over large, rolling, sage-green hills, receding into the distance against a plain, light beige sky. Greenish-gray steam billows from the locomotive's stack.

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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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