📰Tech & Science Journalist | 🏆British Journalism Awards 2021 nominee for Tech Journalism | Seen on: BBC News, ITN, The Economist, TRT World, Evening Standard, The Register, New Scientist etc🎙️📺 breakitdowngurl@pm.me https://www.maryannrusson.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mvkztulb2k2pThis morning I also popped onto BBC Radio Ulster to speak with Sarah Bretty about some of the cynical reasons why the top AI companies might be calling for a global slowdown in #AI development now, but also why it's a good idea 🤖 Listen from 45:31🎧: #Anthropic #Claude #OpenAI #AIsafety https://bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0031jsx15 Sep 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkztulb2k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mvkw7g3vzc23The debate over whether #AI development should be slowed down continues to rage. I had a really good chat with Connor Phillips of BBC Radio 5 Live on Sunday evening and to my surprise they aired the entire chat. Listen here from 01:8:24 🎧: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0031h45 #Anthropic #Claude #OpenAI15 Sep 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkw7g3vzc23https://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mvihqvadq22oPhew! It's been a really busy weekend with the issue of whether #AI innovation should be slowed down debated fiercely, following #Anthropic releasing its report on the things dodgy people have been using its #Claude AI model for 🤖 I managed to pop onto BBC News live to speak with Martine Croxall🎤 https://youtu.be/gbTy-71xF0w14 Sep 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvihqvadq22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3muzbm77k7c2gPopped out in the rain earlier today to meet with McAfee. Got to see a fascinating demonstration of scams being generated based on Instagram influencer travel posts, and hear about their latest consumer products focused on protections from QR code scams, smishing, catfishing & more… #cybersecurity08 Sep 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzbm77k7c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mradbuurgs2wPopped onto TRT World yesterday evening to discuss the impact of Andy Burnham deciding to dissolve the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Read my analysis below 👇🏼 #AI #AIregulation #DSIT #techanalysis #technews #technology #newscommentator #newsanalysis #UKpolicy22 Jul 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mradbuurgs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mpiwc24jkk2kMeta has announced that #WhatsApp will be introducing usernames to keep your phone numbers private. I was on BBC Radio Wales this morning chatting to Catrin Heledd & Chris Wathan about how this will work. Listen here from 01:43:00 onwards 🎧: http://bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002y7s0 My analysis below 👇🏼30 Jun 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpiwc24jkk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3monks4ik3k2dIt was great to be invited to speak on a Cision webinar last week, interviewed by Beth Brown together with Mike Moore about our experiences as tech journalists navigating the new realities of a AI-infiltrated, global economic crisis-hit media industry. Watch here: https://www.cision.com/resources/webinars-and-events/journalists-have-spoken/19 Jun 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3monks4ik3k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mofp3hdmcc2rPhew! The last 24 hours have been a whirlwind. Last night I went on TRT World to discuss the UK under-16s social media ban (video to come), and this morning at 6am I was on @bbc5live.bsky.social Breakfast chatting with @rachelburden.bsky.social. Listen from 24:40 🎧: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xnyc16 Jun 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofp3hdmcc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3modvenumok2cI've just been on BBC Radio Wales chatting to Claire Summers about the under-16s social media ban, after hearing Liz Kendall speaking in the House of Commons. Listen from 07:46 here 🎧: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xqk2 My view points below 👇🏼 #socialmediaban #Facebook #Instagram #TikTok #YouTube15 Jun 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3modvenumok2chttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3moddfbi2nc22I've just been on BBC Radio Ulster in Belfast, NI on the Talkback programme in the last hour to discuss the social media ban for under-16s with Chris Buckler. Listen from the beginning here 🎧: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xdv0 View my key points below 👇🏼 #socialmediaban #Facebook #TikTok #Instagram15 Jun 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3moddfbi2nc22https://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mo3kuti6uk2jYesterday I went on @bbc5live.bsky.social 's Drive to chat to @claremcdonnell.bsky.social & @chris-warburton.bsky.social about #Apple finally implementing a "kill switch" that turns your #iPhone into a brick if you register it as lost. Listen from 45:40 🎧: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xgv8 #technology12 Jun 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3kuti6uk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mnwtcny5bk2nToday I joined @seanfarrington.bsky.social on @bbc5live.bsky.social's Wake Up to Money to discuss #Anthropic 's new #AI model #Claude Fable 5🎙️ Listen from 10:50🎧: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xgbc This is a big milestone. From 2017-2020, I transcribed guest interviews for BBC Business & now I am one⭐😊10 Jun 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwtcny5bk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mnrwtvwuo22cOut and about in central London today for various meetings. This is one of my favourite ever work dresses. I’ve been taking ballet classes 🩰 for the last 21 months & I can now fit back into my favourite outfits from 6 years ago 🎉 Nothing to do with tech, just a flex I wanted to share 💖08 Jun 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrwtvwuo22chttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mncubqnjo22bThis morning I went live on TRT World's Business News Today segment to provide analysis on #Nvidia’s new #RTXSpark chip, which it hopes to revolutionise consumer PCs & challenge #Apple's system on a chip (SoC) processors. Let me break the news down 📹 #AI #LLM #agenticAI #Clawdbot #cybersecurity02 Jun 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mncubqnjo22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mncb47i5fs2sJust been on TRT World this morning to provide commentary and analysis live on air on Nvidia's new #RTXSpark chip. Video clip to come shortly! 📹 TL;DR - This could be big for consumer PCs but #Nvidia is overpromising & being opaque on performance. #AI #LLM #agenticAI #technology #chips #technews02 Jun 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mncb47i5fs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mmrci65ncc2fHow was your bank holiday Monday? 🌞 I went live on air with TRT World while out in central London, to chat with Yashini Padayachee about the Pope announcing he is working with #Anthropic on "disarming" potential harms of #AI. Was a bit mad streaming on 5G from my iPhone 16 Pro, but we pulled it off! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXRlOEKTc28&26 May 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrci65ncc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mmgodly7ps2jThe European Commission has published draft guidelines for classifying high-risk AI systems 🤖 Have your say by 23rd June (link below)✍🏼 I’ve analysed all 167 pages (by myself, no AI) so you don’t have to 😮‍💨 Key points: #AI #AIregulation #technews #EuropeanCommission #techpolicy #EU #technology22 May 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgodly7ps2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mlvndocmns25I'm nattering away on a webinar on Thursday, 11th June at 3pm BST. Come if you're cool. Oh and check out 2026 State of the Media Report, Cision put a lot of effort into it. Viva la journalism ✍🏼 #Cision #techjournalism #AI #mediaindustry #PR https://www.cision.com/resources/webinars-and-events/journalists-have-spoken/15 May 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvndocmns25https://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mjmhfb7u7k2gA couple of hours ago, Robert Peston released his podcast interview with the UK's AI minister Kanishka Narayan about today's launch of the UK Govt's first ever Sovereign AI fund 🤖 Here's a TL;DR news summary of what he said: #AI #sovereignAI #UKlaw #techpolicy #technews16 Apr 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmhfb7u7k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mic5mpjw3s26Popped onto BBC Radio Bristol this morning to chat to John Darvall about where your #smartphone data goes & if it's safe, following news Lord Mandelson has been ordered to turn over his personal phone to officials. Listen from 53:41 🎧🎙️: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002t04d #iPhone #iCloud #WhatsApp30 Mar 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mic5mpjw3s26https://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mhxwjezgbc2jLast night I was invited to go on the BBC News channel with Christian Fraser to react live to the breaking news that #Meta & #Google had been found liable in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles. Please excuse the messy hair! #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram #techpolicy #socialmediaban26 Mar 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxwjezgbc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mhuzqg3shs2b🧵1/3 Very interesting news in #cybersecurity right now, even Elon Musk has mentioned it.. cybercriminals used AI-generated malware to poison a popular #Python coding package called #LiteLLM that manages #AI API keys to more than 100 AI models for big firms like Nasa, Netflix, Nvidia, Adobe & Stripe.25 Mar 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhuzqg3shs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mhj24w4zkc2vPretty busy day but I've summarised the new US National Policy Framework for #ArtificialIntelligence released this afternoon by the #WhiteHouse. The document looks surprisingly sensible, only a couple points I dislike😅 Here's a summary of key points: #AI #generativeAI #techpolicy #copyright #LLM20 Mar 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhj24w4zkc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mhdpdfyzpk2hI've just finished reading Gov UK's new report today on the use of copyrighted works in the development of AI systems, produced by DSIT, DCMS & Intellectual Property Office. Below are the key points - I'm available for on-air commentary as needed: #AI #copyrightlaw #UKlaw #generativeAI #technology18 Mar 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdpdfyzpk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mgwwdek2sc2vYesterday I attended a #Samsung event for women where they demonstrated how #agenticAI is being used in #SamsungS26Ultra smartphones, including further #GoogleGemini integration & #Nownudge. In the interests of transparency + public learning, I invite you to be a fly on the wall & see my POV 😉 #AI13 Mar 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwwdek2sc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mgf6zx6r2s23The House of Lords has published a report on #AI & its impact on #copyright + creative industries, calling out Gov UK on AI messaging. They make it clear answers produced by #LLMs are not based on it learning anything 🤖 This is what I said recently on BBC News. Read: shorturl.at/cHpRr TL;DR below06 Mar 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgf6zx6r2s23https://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mfxdmkvcus26I miss Tony Benn. World War II was only 80 years ago - the greatest event of the 21st century. How can we just allow the wars to continue without standing up against them? What if we’re next? It’s like we’ve forgotten the lessons of our grandparents, like it never happened at all…28 Feb 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfxdmkvcus26https://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mfriracc6c2gJust been on BBC World discussing with Kasia Madera about Instagram’s new rollout of a feature that alerts parents if their kids are searching for self-harm and suicide-related content. I’ll be on @bbc5live.bsky.social in an hour to discuss the same thing. #Instagram #privacy #socialmediaban #meta26 Feb 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfriracc6c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mfozcy22b225This morning I was on BBC Radio Scotland's Breakfast programme to chat with Laura Maciver & James Cook abt @theverge.com story on a man accidentally viewing thousands of #DJI robot vacuums. Here's a chat simplifying tech for a consumer audience. Listen from 2:56:24 here🎧🎙️: https://bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002rnx725 Feb 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfozcy22b225https://bsky.app/profile/concertina226.bsky.social/post/3mfojy76gxk25Phew, it's been a busy 24 hours! I was on BBC Radio 4's PM programme yesterday evening chatting to Evan Davis about a @theverge.com story on a man accidentally being able to view thousands of #DJI robot vacuum cleaners. Listen from 41:09 here 🎧🎙️: https://bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002rqly #cybersecurity #IoT25 Feb 2026 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:xauu4hpyjtkfi7u2tk3wd2zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfojy76gxk25