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In this electric episode of Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias unpack the latest AI announcements from Google IO and the highly anticipated Claude 4 release from Anthropic. They explore what Google's Deep Think means for AI reasoning, debate the creative and ethical implications of video generation tools like Veo 3 and Flow, and rave about Claude's new voice mode. Plus, they reflect on the seismic shift AI is bringing to content, coding, and SEO—alongside some ACDC-fueled Chicago memories and a preview of the upcoming digitalNow conference.
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Google Veo 3 ➡ https://deepmind.google/technologies/veo
Google Image 4 ➡ https://deepmind.google/technologies/image
Flow by Google ➡ https://deepmind.google/technologies/flow
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Amith Nagarajan is the Chairman of Blue Cypress https://BlueCypress.io, 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 the Manager at Sidecar, and she's 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.
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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Sneak Peek: digitalNow Conference in Chicago (00:05:26)

3. Google I/O 2025: AI Blitz & Demo (00:08:52)

4. Google's Deep Think & AI Strategy Lessons (00:13:50)

5. Flow: AI Filmmaking Gets Real (00:18:30)

6. Generative Video in Education & Associations (00:24:18)

7. AI Search vs. SEO: The New Landscape (00:28:27)

8. AI Subscription Tiers: Are They Worth It? (00:33:29)

9. Claude 4 Breakdown: Opus vs. Sonnet (00:38:12)

10. Prototyping with Claude: A New Design Era (00:44:27)

11. Anthropic’s Evolution (00:50:25)

12. Final Thoughts: Good AI vs. Bad AI (00:55:13)