The AmberMac Show

On this week’s episode, why the Canadian government is making a big investment in homegrown AI company Cohere, how AI is giving cyber attackers more power and control while providing the people defending against these attacks some much-needed help, and how Instagram is courting long-form video creators with six-figure cheques. Our guests this week are ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe on today’s cyber chaos, and Composer co-founder Tim Ketchum on why you should rethink your sink. Thanks to Snap for supporting this episode of The AmberMac Show.Check out our guest on social…Tim Ketchum – Co-Founder of ComposerTony Anscombe – Chief Security Evangelist of ESETBe sure to follow our hosts...Amber Mac: Bluesky | X/TwitterJeff MacArthur: Bluesky | X/Twitter

On this week’s episode, we do a deep dive into Meta’s Muse, how the AI agent works, and why you should be careful about what you ask it to do. We also talk to Bumble’s Chief Product and Technology Officer, Vivek Sagi, about how technology, including AI, can shape the way we date and what it takes to find love in a disconnected world. Plus, we’re excited to share that musician, speaker, and author David Usher is back on the show; this time, he’s sharing his journey to find out if he can sing better than A.I.Check out our guest on social…Vivek Sagi – Chief Product and Technology Officer of BumbleDavid Usher – CEO of Reimagine AI & SecondEcho, Speaker, & MusicianBe sure to follow our hosts...Amber Mac: Bluesky | X/TwitterJeff MacArthur: Bluesky | X/Twitter

Our guest this week is the President of Shopify, Harley Finkelstein, who joins us to talk about his new book and inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs. In TheOtherMac, Jeff does a deep dive into Elon Musk’s kind-of, sort-of flying car. Plus, Amber and Jeff discuss how Trump’s Truth Social is shedding users, even more OpenAI agent hacks, another Meta smart glasses fiasco, and what Anthropic thinks about robots and the future of work.Check out our guest on social…Harley Finkelstein: President of Shopify & Author of “We Can Be Entrepreneurs”Be sure to follow our hosts...Amber Mac: Bluesky | X/TwitterJeff MacArthur: Bluesky | X/Twitter

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so we’ve got a special episode of The AmberMac Show for you this week. First up, DuckDuckGo’s Chief Product Officer, Beah Burger-Lenehan, unpacks everything you need to know about switching to the internet’s most popular privacy-focused search engine, plus what the company thinks of Meta’s smart glasses (spoiler alert: it’s not good). Plus, we speak with “Privacy Lawyer” David Fraser about what’s next for digital lawmaking in Canada and why you should care. He breaks down Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act; Bill C-36, the Protecting Privacy & Consumer Data Act; the C-22 Lawful Access Act; and more. We’ve also packed the show with quick cybersecurity tips to help you, your family, and the people you know stay safer online.Check out our guest on social…Beah Burger-Lenehan: Chief Product Officer of DuckDuckGoDavid Fraser: Privacy & Technology LawyerBe sure to follow our hosts...Amber Mac: Bluesky | X/TwitterJeff MacArthur: Bluesky | X/Twitter

In this week’s episode of The AmberMac Show, we talk to the co-founder of a company building what CrackBerry Kevin calls “the best BlackBerry never built”. Jeff Gadway, Co-founder & CMO of Clicks Technology, explains everything you need to know about the Clicks Communicator and what it’s like building a hardware company in today’s world. Speaking of building things, we also speak with Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson about what Canada must do to turn resources in the ground into mines, processing, investment, and greater sovereignty. Plus, in this week’s tech headlines, Jeff and Amber talk superintelligence, ebikes, government dating apps, and why you don’t want to post AI images in Singapore.Check out our guest on social…Jeff Gadway: Co-founder & CMO of Clicks TechnologyTim Hodgson: Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural ResourcesBe sure to follow our hosts...xAmber Mac: Bluesky | X/TwitterJeff MacArthur: Bluesky | X/Twitter

On this week’s episode of The AmberMac Show, Jeff and Amber discuss what you need to know about Nvidia’s AI security tools, Meta’s Muse, and Saturday Night Live’s take on Anthropic’s CEO. Plus, we have an in-depth conversation at the Nrth Festival in Toronto with Doug Berger, GM of MapQuest, about why they aren’t going along with President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America. Finally, Amber speaks with chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and Cohere CEO/co-founder Aidan Gomez at a recent event hosted by Cohere in Montreal about chess, AI, and lots more!Check out our guest on social…Doug Berger: General Manager of MapQuestAidan Gomez: CEO & Co-Founder of CohereMagnus Carlsen: Chess GrandmasterBe sure to follow our hosts...Amber Mac: Bluesky | X/TwitterJeff MacArthur: Bluesky | X/Twitter

On this week’s episode of The AmberMac Show, Jeff and Amber share highlights from ALL IN, Canada’s biggest AI and tech event, including announcements from Cohere and MILA about safer AI systems. We also talk about what Canadians need to know about how AI can improve healthcare, commerce, and more. Plus, now that AI can automate the heavy lifting of model creation, it’s faster and more cost-effective for companies in sectors like transportation, laboratory science, and energy grids to launch their own AI-powered R&D labs. To talk more about what this means for the future of humans, Amber spoke with Liam Fedus, co-creator of ChatGPT and co-founder of Periodic Labs, and Hugo Larochelle, Scientific Director of Mila.Check out our guest on social…Liam Fedus: Co-Creator of ChatGPT & Co-Founder of Periodic LabsHugo Larochelle: Scientific Director of MilaBe sure to follow our hosts...Amber Mac: Bluesky | X/TwitterJeff MacArthur: Bluesky | X/Twitter

On this week’s episode, Jeff and Amber do a deep dive into Apple’s new product announcements, including the long-rumoured foldable iPhone and their thoughts on the company’s new CEO. Plus, in a time of increasing wildfire concerns, our first guest – Dr. Gio Roberti, Chief Executive Officer of AISIX Solutions, a wildfire risk and data analytics firm based in Vancouver – will explain how his company is using AI to help Canadians detect wildfire activity in their area before it’s too late. To speak further about who gets to decide what development, prosperity, and self-determination should look like on Indigenous lands, our second guest is Mark Podlasly, Chief Executive Officer of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition, a national organization of more than 180 First Nations working to participate in, influence, and – where appropriate – own major projects in their territories.Check out our guest on social…Dr. Gio Roberti: Chief Executive Officer of AISIX SolutionsMark Podlasly: Chief Executive Officer of the First Nations Major Projects CoalitionBe sure to follow our hosts...Amber Mac: Bluesky | X/TwitterJeff MacArthur: Bluesky | X/Twitter

On this week’s episode, we’ve got a look back at the first half of 2026 through the lens of Jeff’s TheOtherMac segments. First up, Jeff shares an idea for an agentic AI that we can all get behind, the problem with prediction markets, and then Amber joins in to discuss why we probably need to come to terms with online age verification. After that, Jeff talks about SpaceX’s IPO, Anthropic’s head-butting with the US government, and how subscription services are taking advantage of consumers. To wrap things up, we’ve got a look at AI toys (and why parents should stay away from them), plus some digital user experience fails that need to end.

On this week’s episode, Jeff and Amber do a deep dive into Meta’s attempt to establish itself as a leader in child safety. There’s a lot to unpack after news of the company’s recent $17 billion settlement with a coalition of state attorneys general, so we unpack everything you need to know (including an opening parody we think you’ll love). For this week’s guest, Amber speaks with Arkells’ frontman Max Kerman about AI, Dolly Parton, Trump, and more, and to wrap up the show, Marc Saltzman joins us with the latest in back-to-school tech.Check out our guest on social…Max Kerman – ArkellsMarc Saltzman – Tech ExpertBe sure to follow our hosts...Amber Mac: Bluesky | X/TwitterJeff MacArthur: Bluesky | X/Twitter