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The AmberMac Show Ep030: Trump’s Tech Dinner, Alberta’s Book Ban & Musk’s $1T Payday

September 8, 2025

In this week’s episode, we discuss the chaos happening in Washington alongside America’s biggest tech leaders. Plus, there’s always a lot of talk about a minimum wage, but in the face of Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package, maybe it’s time we have a maximum wage. Rob Breakenridge, a columnist… Read More

The AmberMac Show Ep029: ChatGPT’s Deadly Dangers & Fast Food AI Fails

September 2, 2025

On this week’s episode, we discuss why hundreds of Canadians got their Facebook and Instagram accounts disabled without warning, and what Meta is doing to help (spoiler alert: not much). Plus, why a fast food chain in the United States is saying no to AI after a man ordered 18,000… Read More

The AmberMac Show Ep028: Canada's Sovereign AI, AI’s Climate Disaster, & White House TikTok

August 25, 2025

On this week’s episode, Don Lenihan & Amber discuss the challenge of sovereign AI and why it’s a priority for Canada in the age of Trump. Speaking of the US President, the White House is now on TikTok and Jeff has some news about tariffs. Plus, how Hertz is using… Read More

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🚺 A podcast on women's health, hosted by the in 🚺 A podcast on women's health, hosted by the incredible @namshine. I am so honoured to be on Episode 1, coming September 30th. More importantly, please mark your calendars to subscribe to this new series. 

📈 If we want to have serious conversations about economic prosperity here at home, women need to be part of the solution. However, too many women are suffering in silence, and women's health research is chronically underfunded / under-researched. 

🗞️ As the BBC reported just this week, "A 2024 health report by the consultancy firm McKinsey found that, on average, women spent nine additional years in poor health when compared to men." Yes, an additional nine years. Moreover, "A report they released in 2024 estimated that closing the women's health gap could add $1trn to the global economy each year by 2040."

🎧 I could go on and on, but as a first step, follow Nam Kiwanuka and subscribe to (MIS)Treated (coming September 30th!).
Why are we parsing paragraphs in a Margaret Atwood Why are we parsing paragraphs in a Margaret Atwood classic, but doing nothing to protect our kids online? 

Frankly, this infuriates me. In this week’s The AmberMac Show, Calgary Herald columnist Rob Breakenridge joins me to talk Alberta’s book ban. 

Get the full podcast here (or wherever you get your podcasts):
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President Trump’s Big Tech dinner, the Zuckerber President Trump’s Big Tech dinner, the Zuckerberg vs. Zuckerberg lawsuit, meeting Elmo, & the long legacy of John Candy.

My brother/co-host @jeffmacarthur & I chat this week in tech. 

Sneak peek above. Get The AmberMac Show podcast on Wednesday at 7am (wherever you get your podcasts!).
👷‍♀️On my first trip 1.5km deep undergrou 👷‍♀️On my first trip 1.5km deep underground into a mine, I was also thrilled with the extensive safety training we did before our trip (although, unlike Joanne Sallay, no robot dogs were helping to keep us safe!).

#ICYMI Ep 2 of @this_is_mining: The Podcast👇

bit.ly/TIMS05E02 (also available wherever you get your podcasts)

#ThisIsMining
🇨🇦 How will AI affect public sector jobs in 🇨🇦 How will AI affect public sector jobs in Canada?

@jeffmacarthur & I share a recent report from @daistmu. 

Full episode of this week's The AmberMac Show is now available wherever you get your podcasts.
💅Have you ever noticed that ChatGPT thinks you' 💅Have you ever noticed that ChatGPT thinks you're perfect? 

I chat with @racheltobac about this "yes-man" behaviour on The AmberMac Show podcast this week! Listen to the full episode.

Thanks for downloading and pls subscribe.
📉 Youth unemployment is in a free fall. Young a 📉 Youth unemployment is in a free fall. Young adults are struggling to find work.

👩‍🏭 In Sunday's episode of This Is Mining: The Podcast, I sit down with Joanne Sallay of @teachersoncall.ca 👩‍🏫. A mine visit changed her view on careers for students & what modern mining really looks like.

https://talentegg.ca/employer/this-is-mine-life/the-podcast

Episode 2 drops Sunday. Subscribe above ☝️.

#ThisIsMining @This_Is_Mining
🧏‍♀️ Listen, I'm happy to see these AI ex 🧏‍♀️ Listen, I'm happy to see these AI experiments underway & and I also think it's good to end them if they don't work. 

🫂 While I agree AI adoption is critically important, it should not replace every job - esp those that humans do better.

cc: @jeffmacarthur on this week's The AmberMac Show podcast
Our kids are increasingly turning to chatbots for Our kids are increasingly turning to chatbots for mental health help even though tools like ChatGPT aren't designed to play this role. As a result, children are increasingly at risk. 

In an alarming example, a 16-year-old boy recently took his own life with ChatGPT guiding him through the process.

On this week's episode of The AmberMac Show, @jeffmacarthur walks through what happened & why tech companies need to be held more accountable, especially when children's lives are at risk.

NOTE: This video discusses suicide.
🥺 Is your kid using chatbots? Are chatbots dang 🥺 Is your kid using chatbots? Are chatbots dangerous?

🎙️ We are dedicating this week's new episode of The AmberMac Show podcast, out today, to this topic. Pls take some time to listen (available wherever you get your podcasts).

@racheltobac joins me to talk about some of these risks (and penalties) and @jeffmacarthur has an important essay on what happens when chatbots become a dangerous "mentor" in the home.
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As Jeff MacArthur says: "Burning large cities wort As Jeff MacArthur says: "Burning large cities worth of fossil fuels so incels can create AI deepfake porn in their basements while irresponsible tech companies shove AI down our throats to no constructive end other than to try to further enrich themselves is crazy." 

Here's more.
💥 Here's what's coming up on The AmberMac Show 💥 Here's what's coming up on The AmberMac Show podcast this week.

📅 Aside from these tech headlines, Jeff MacArthur takes a deep dive into ChatGPT's deadly dangers (especially for our kids). Plus, our guest this week is the amazing @racheltobac, who joins me to talk AI safety and security.

💯 Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. And thanks for your support!
❤️ Thinking of my amazing Dad today, on what w ❤️ Thinking of my amazing Dad today, on what would have been his 80th birthday 🎂. 

❤️ Here's hoping one day they have better treatment for AML / leukemia, so our loved ones aren't stolen away from us in just a few short months. 

❤️ Be kind to each other out there. Life is short, unpredictable, and too often, unfair.
📢 From Hertz AI scan "scams" to tech tariffs to 📢 From Hertz AI scan "scams" to tech tariffs to the White House on TikTok, watch our tech headlines. 

🇨🇦 Get the full version of The AmberMac Show podcast NOW to hear 
@jeffmacarthur unpack our AI energy crisis + our guest joins me to discuss why Canada needs sovereign AI.
📢 New #mining podcast alert at a "critical" tim 📢 New #mining podcast alert at a "critical" time in Canada's history! 

🇨🇦 I am so thrilled to host / co-produce this series, and share that we are back with the 5th season of our award-winning series, This is Mining: The Podcast. 

🎧 Links to listen right here, and please let us know what you think: https://bit.ly/TIMS05E01 

In our first episode (online as of this morning), Chelsea Renaud, M.Sc. from Mining Matters shares an excellent primer on Canada's critical minerals (including some delicious metaphors 🍰 ), and lots more. 

This Is Mining: The Podcast is brought to you by AmberMac Media, in partnership with the Ontario Mining Association and Employment Ontarioo, funded by the Government of Canada and Ontario Government | Gouvernement de l’Ontario. Thank you to the Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) for their support of the show. 

@this_is_mining #ThisIsMining

Plus, thanks to our amazing podcast team at AmberMac Media Inc. 
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Is #AI Ruining Authenticity Online? Here's my co Is #AI Ruining Authenticity Online? 

Here's my conversation with Scott Stratten, AKA @unmarketing (Scott was one of the original Twitter guys in Canada; watch to hear why he left and what he thinks about the future of social).

P.S. If you're looking for a keynote speaker this fall, Scott is one of the best. 

Subscribe to The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts / listen Tuesday and weekends on SiriusXM Channel 167.
Is this Scott's AI avatar? 😅 Social media has c Is this Scott's AI avatar? 😅 Social media has changed a lot over the years, and dare I say, mostly for the worse! 

@unmarketing breaks down the good, bad, and ugly side of today's online communities and conversations, and how AI is changing the game of social. 

For the full conversation, check out this week's NEW episode of The AmberMac Show podcast ✌️.
😡 ChatGPT betrays vulnerable teens by encouragi 😡 ChatGPT betrays vulnerable teens by encouraging dangerous behavior, according to a "Fake Friend" report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate.

🎙️ Here's a sneak peek of this research from this week's episode of The AmberMac Show, available wherever you get your podcasts.

🙈 It's a tough read and includes more than 50 pages of research that would bring most parents to tears.
🇨🇦 Are Canadian business leaders risk takers 🇨🇦 Are Canadian business leaders risk takers when it comes to innovation? Let me know your thoughts in the comments 👇. Here are the facts.

📊 82% of Canadian businesses say they’d take more risks if they didn’t have to worry about the financial cost of failure, and nearly 80% of Canadian leaders say “playing it safe” is a nationwide risk (according to 2025 Cisco research). 

💡Spaces like @Cisco’s Toronto Innovation Centre can help. Watch my tour of the Centre, which just celebrated its 10th anniversary, powering Canadian innovation.

🏥 If you’ve followed me over the past few years, you’ll know that I was especially excited about the mock hospital room and hybrid work studio.

For deeper insights into these findings and how Canada’s innovation mindset is evolving — and what more can be done to support bold ideas from lab to market — visit:
https://www.cisco.com/c/m/en_ca/cda.html to learn more! 

#CiscoCanada #CiscoPartner

It's been a few weeks since I went on this tour, so sharing this reel again in case you missed it!
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