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

Mallory Mejias: Mar 30, 2026 11:36:54 AM

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]

Mallory Mejias: Mar 27, 2026 12:43:33 PM

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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Agent Swarms: What It Means When AI Can Build Its Own Team

Mallory Mejias: Feb 10, 2026 10:03:59 AM

Most association professionals have a working mental model for AI at this point. You give it a task, it works through it, and it gives you something...

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Kimi K2.5’s Swarm of Agents, Claude Goes Vertical, and AI Data Centers in Space | [Sidecar Sync Episode 120]

Mallory Mejias: Feb 5, 2026 3:12:59 PM

Summary: In this high-octane episode of Sidecar Sync, Amith and Mallory cover an ambitious trio of AI developments with massive implications for...

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7 AI Predictions That Will Shape Associations in 2026

Mallory Mejias: Jan 5, 2026 10:30:51 AM

We're officially in the second half of the decade. And if 2025 felt like the year AI went from interesting to unavoidable, 2026 is shaping up to be...

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What 100 Trillion Tokens Reveal About How People Actually Use AI

Mallory Mejias: Jan 2, 2026 10:17:23 AM

There's a lot of speculation about how people use AI. Productivity boosters. Coding assistants. Research tools. The assumptions tend to skew toward...

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Open Models Are Getting Smaller, Smarter, and More Practical

Mallory Mejias: Aug 26, 2025 10:25:38 AM

The open source AI movement continues to accelerate. Microsoft, Meta, Mistral, OpenAI, DeepSeek, and Google have all released open models in recent...

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

Mallory Mejias: Aug 25, 2025 6:48:46 PM

Summary: In this episode of Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias tackle the latest developments in AI with a fast-paced series of...

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