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In this episode of Sidecar Sync, Mallory Mejias welcomes Dr. Jessica Miles, founder of The Informed Frontier, former VP of Strategy and Investments at Holtzbrinck, and advisory board member for Johns Hopkins University Press, for a fascinating look at how AI is transforming publishing, research, and trusted content ecosystems. Jessica explains what happens when AI becomes a “reader” instead of just a writer or assistant, why associations and scientific societies may already be part of AI training pipelines, and how organizations should think about crawl-based access, bulk licensing, and runtime access as the emerging gold standard. The conversation also explores AI’s impact on research integrity, peer review, content metrics, and the irreplaceable role of human accountability in an AI-driven knowledge ecosystem.

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OpenAI ➔ https://openai.com
ChatGPT ➔ https://chatgpt.com
Cloudflare ➔ https://www.cloudflare.com
ProRata ➔ https://www.prorata.ai
VetGeni ➔ https://www.vetgeni.com
OpenEvidence ➔ https://www.openevidence.com
DataSeer ➔ https://dataseer.ai

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Amith Nagarajan is the Chairman of Blue Cypress, a family of purpose-driven companies and proud practitioners of Conscious Capitalism. The Blue Cypress companies focus on helping associations, non-profits, and other purpose-driven organizations achieve long-term success. Amith is also an active early-stage investor in B2B SaaS companies. He’s had the good fortune of nearly three decades of success as an entrepreneur and enjoys helping others in their journey.

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Mallory Mejias is passionate about creating opportunities for association professionals to learn, grow, and better serve their members using artificial intelligence. She enjoys blending creativity and innovation to produce fresh, meaningful content for the association space. Mallory co-hosts and produces the Sidecar Sync podcast, where she delves into the latest trends in AI and technology, translating them into actionable insights.

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In this episode of Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias unpack Google I/O 2026 and what it signals for the future of AI-powered work, search, and member engagement. They explore Google’s push toward proactive, agentic AI across Gemini, Workspace, Search, and new infrastructure like Antigravity and TPU chips, while digging into what these changes mean for associations trying to protect their content, improve digital experiences, and stay relevant as members increasingly expect voice, multimodal interaction, intelligent search, and personalized service. The conversation also covers AI’s impact on career advice, leadership, web traffic, SEO, smart glasses, privacy, and why associations may need to double down on trust, niche expertise, and human connection in an increasingly agent-driven world.

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🛠 AI Tools and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
Google Glass ➔ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Glass
Google Gemini ➔ https://gemini.google.com/
Google AI Mode ➔ https://search.google/ways-to-search/ai-mode/
Google Workspace with Gemini ➔ https://workspace.google.com/
Google Antigravity ➔ https://antigravity.google/
Google AI / Gemini Omni ➔ https://ai.google/
Google DeepMind Gemini Models ➔ https://deepmind.google/models/gemini/
OpenAI Codex ➔ https://developers.openai.com/codex/
Claude Code ➔ https://code.claude.com/
MemberJunction ➔ https://memberjunction.org/

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https://linkedin.com/amithnagarajan

Mallory Mejias is passionate about creating opportunities for association professionals to learn, grow, and better serve their members using artificial intelligence. She enjoys blending creativity and innovation to produce fresh, meaningful content for the association space. Mallory co-hosts and produces the Sidecar Sync podcast, where she delves into the latest trends in AI and technology, translating them into actionable insights.

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In this episode of Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias dig into two major shifts happening beneath the surface of AI: how enterprise software vendors are responding to the rise of AI agents, and why diffusion language models may be moving from research curiosity to real-world infrastructure faster than expected. They unpack Salesforce’s open, agent-friendly “Headless 360” strategy, SAP’s more restrictive API stance, and what these moves mean for associations trying to maintain control over their data. Then, they revisit diffusion LLMs through the lens of Inception Labs’ Mercury 2, exploring why faster, cheaper models could matter for voice agents, enterprise search, taxonomy work, content classification, and the future of model flexibility.

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Sidecar AI Learning Hub ➔ https://learn.sidecar.ai/
Salesforce Agentforce ➔ https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce/
Cursor ➔ https://cursor.com
Mistral AI ➔ https://mistral.ai
MemberJunction ➔ https://memberjunction.org
Betty ➔ https://www.bettybot.ai
Inception Labs ➔ https://www.inceptionlabs.ai
DeepSeek ➔ https://www.deepseek.com
Kimi ➔ https://www.kimi.com
CrewAI ➔ https://www.crewai.com
SAP ➔ https://www.sap.com/

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https://linkedin.com/amithnagarajan

Mallory Mejias is passionate about creating opportunities for association professionals to learn, grow, and better serve their members using artificial intelligence. She enjoys blending creativity and innovation to produce fresh, meaningful content for the association space. Mallory co-hosts and produces the Sidecar Sync podcast, where she delves into the latest trends in AI and technology, translating them into actionable insights.

https://linkedin.com/mallorymejias