Sidecar Sync
Sidecar Sync
Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias
GPT-5 Has Landed & OpenAI Opens Up | 95
48 minutes Posted Aug 14, 2025 at 10:00 am.
Introduction
What’s New with GPT-5
Model Routing & “Think Harder” Mode
Voice Mode Wins, But Is It Smarter?
GPT-5 API Pricing & Market Strategy
Strategic Takeaways for Associations
OpenAI Goes Open Source
Open Source Use Cases & Tradeoffs
Picking the Right Model for the Job
Final Thoughts & Experimenting with AI
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias dive into two groundbreaking releases from OpenAI: the long-awaited GPT-5 and the surprising return to open source with GPT-OSS. They unpack the shift toward simplified AI interaction, the implications of automatic model selection, and what GPT-5’s real-world performance means for power users. Then they explore how the new OSS models may radically reshape how associations build and deploy custom AI solutions....