The AmberMac Show

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!
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Doug Berger: General Manager of MapQuest
Aidan Gomez: CEO & Co-Founder of Cohere
Magnus Carlsen: Chess Grandmaster

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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.
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Liam Fedus: Co-Creator of ChatGPT & Co-Founder of Periodic Labs
Hugo Larochelle: Scientific Director of Mila

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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.
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Dr. Gio Roberti: Chief Executive Officer of AISIX Solutions
Mark Podlasly: Chief Executive Officer of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition

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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.
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Max Kerman – Arkells
Marc Saltzman – Tech Expert

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