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A car dashboard GPS display in dark mode shows three route options to “AI Success” from “Your Association”: a blue toll road (Proprietary APIs, fastest, $$$$), a green balanced route (Open Models as Service, 25 min, $$), and an orange scenic no-toll route (Self-Hosted, 45 min, $), with a glowing AI brain icon marking the destination.

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Big Models, Small Models, Open, Closed: Making Sense of Your AI Options

Mallory Mejias: Aug 20, 2025 6:00:00 AM

GPT-5. Claude 4.1 Opus. Qwen. Llama. The new gpt-oss models. If you're feeling overwhelmed by the avalanche of AI options, you're not alone. Every...

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OpenAI Embraces 'Open' AI—What It Means for Associations

Mallory Mejias: Aug 19, 2025 6:00:00 AM

OpenAI—the company that arguably put the "closed" in closed-source AI—just released their first open models in six years. As HubSpot Co-Founder and...

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GPT-5: Revolutionary Leap or Overhyped Update? What Associations Need to Know

Mallory Mejias: Aug 18, 2025 1:02:03 PM

OpenAI's latest flagship model promises to "just do stuff"—that's how AI researcher and Wharton professor Ethan Mollick describes GPT-5's core...

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Sidecar Sync podcast Episode 95 cover image featuring co-hosts Mallory Mejías and Amith Nagarajan, with the tagline 'AI Knowledge for Associations' and images of phones showing 'Introducing GPT-5'.

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GPT-5 Has Landed & OpenAI Opens Up | [Sidecar Sync Episode 95]

Mallory Mejias: Aug 15, 2025 12:46:17 PM

Summary: In this episode of Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias dive into two groundbreaking releases from OpenAI: the long-awaited...

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From DC to AI: Avoiding Edison's mistake in the intelligence revolution - When Commercial Interests Cloud Technological Judgment

Amith Nagarajan: Jun 12, 2025 4:42:03 PM

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Did China’s DeepSeek Just Dethrone OpenAI? | 67

Mallory Mejias: Jan 30, 2025 11:03:29 AM

Summary: In this jam-packed episode of Sidecar Sync, Amith and Mallory break down two of the biggest AI stories of the moment: DeepSeek’s R1 model...

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Exploring the Advancements & Implications of ChatGPT 4.0

Sofi Giglio: May 24, 2024 11:23:31 AM

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) language models has revolutionized the way we interact with technology. From enhancing...

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An Overview of Microsoft and OpenAI's Ambitious Vision for the Future of AI Supercomputing

Allison Kral: Apr 11, 2024 9:14:03 AM

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, Microsoft and OpenAI have embarked on a journey to create the...

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How Associations Can Use the OpenAI Playground to Reap More Contextual Results

Allison Kral: Mar 6, 2024 4:43:47 PM

In the fast-paced world of digital transformation, associations are constantly on the lookout for innovative tools to engage their members, deliver...

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