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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just popped onto @bbclondon.bsky.social Radio and TV this evening to chat about smart glasses with Shay Kaur Grewal & Riz Lateef. Also the lovely Beth Smith saw me out in the wild on someone's living room TV!📺 Listen here from 03:06:00 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #MetaGlasses #smartglasses

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yesterday I went on @bbcnewsunofficial.bsky.social to discuss #OpenAI choosing not to release its new AI model GPT-6.1 Astra over safety concerns 📺 I highlighted a new paper from #CambridgeUniversity authored by #AI bigwigs on AI R&D risks & an impassioned defence of OpenAI #cybersecurity staff 🤖

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OpenAI cancels rollout of new AI model GPT-6.1 Astra over safety concerns [BBC News Channel]

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There's been exciting tech news this week, with Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese losing his temper with #OpenAI & calling for global #AI guardrails, plus an alleged #cyberattack on the #FBI. I joined Chris Warburton yesterday on @bbc5live.bsky.social Drive. Listen from 01:17:09 🎧:

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5 Live Drive - 24/09/2026 - BBC Sounds

A round-up of the day's top news and sport with Clare McDonnell and Chris Warburton.

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This 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

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Good Morning Ulster - 15/09/2026 - BBC Sounds

The day's news agenda, including regular news, travel and sport updates.

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The 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 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #Anthropic #Claude #OpenAI

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Stephen Nolan - with Connor Phillips 13/09/2026 - BBC Sounds

Connor Phillips sits in with the day's main news stories, topical debate and interviews.

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Phew! 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🎤

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Anthropic boss Dario Amodei urges "slowdown" of AI development [BBC News Channel]

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Popped 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… #cybersecurity

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Popped 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 #UKpolicy

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Meta 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 🎧: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... My analysis below 👇🏼

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It 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: www.cision.com/resources/we...

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Journalists Have Spoken: Making Your PR Matter in the AI Era

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Phew! 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 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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5 Live Breakfast - 16/06/2026 - BBC Sounds

Rick Edwards and Rachel Burden with the latest from the FIFA World Cup.

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'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 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... My view points below 👇🏼 #socialmediaban #Facebook #Instagram #TikTok #YouTube

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'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 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... View my key points below 👇🏼 #socialmediaban #Facebook #TikTok #Instagram

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Yesterday 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 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #technology

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5 Live Drive - 11/06/2026 - BBC Sounds

A round-up of the day's top news and sport with Clare McDonnell and Chris Warburton.

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Today 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🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... This is a big milestone. From 2017-2020, I transcribed guest interviews for BBC Business & now I am one⭐😊

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Out 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 💖

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This 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 #cybersecurity

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Just 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 #technews

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

How 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!

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Pope Leo warns some AI weapons 'practically beyond' human control

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The 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 #technology

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I'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 www.cision.com/resources/we...

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Journalists Have Spoken: Making Your PR Matter in the AI Era

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

A 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 #technews

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Popped 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 🎧🎙️: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #iPhone #iCloud #WhatsApp

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John Darvall - 30/03/2026 - BBC Sounds

John brings you great stories, extended interviews and breaking news.

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Last 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 #socialmediaban

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🧵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.

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Pretty 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 #LLM

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I'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 #technology

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Yesterday 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 😉 #AI

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The 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 below

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I 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…

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Just 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 #meta

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

This 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🎧🎙️: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Radio Scotland Breakfast - 23/02/2026 - BBC Sounds

News from across Scotland and the world, plus sport, weather and big name interviews.

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Phew, 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 🎧🎙️: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #cybersecurity #IoT

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PM - Scathing MPs approve release of Andrew files - BBC Sounds

Documents on Andrew Mountbatten-Windor's appointment as trade envoy will be published.

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

On Monday, I was invited to film a live panel discussion episode of Your Voice with BBC News on the UK government's plans to update the #OnlineSafetyAct with further protections for children online. Here my key points. View the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GivA... #AI #Grok #technews

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I didn’t have going to New Broadcasting House this afternoon to be part of a 25-min BBC News Verified Live Your Voice programme chatting to Matthew Amroliwala about the UK government’s new plans to protect children on the internet on my 2026 bingo card, but it happened! 🎬 Video to come soon! #AI

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Hooray! 🎉And now for some good news - #Spain is banning #socialmedia for under-16-year-olds starting from next week. I was delighted to discuss this topic yesterday evening on TRTWorld's live Newshour programme. Really hopeful that this sweeps across Europe📺 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YzH...

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

On Sunday I chatted to Geeta Guru-Murthy on BBC News abt #Clawdbot / #Moltbot / #OpenClaw & the website Moltbook, which is making the public think #AI assistants are complaining abt humans online🤯 Not true! We don't need to fear an AI uprising just yet. Full video🤖: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOds...

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Today I bunked off ballet class to chat on the live BBC News channel abt #Clawdbot / #Moltbot & #Moltbook, esp. claims AI bots are writing long posts complaining abt humans + planning an #AI uprising 🤖🤯 Moltbook is fake. The bots are replicating real Reddit posts they trained on. Video to come!

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Last night I was on @bbc5live.bsky.social chatting to @claremcdonnell.bsky.social about #TikTok censorship & speed throttling concerns from US users of the app, amidst the transfer of TikTok's infrascructure to #Oracle's US-based data centres🎙️ Listen from 2:16:46 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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5 Live Drive - 29/01/2026 - BBC Sounds

A round-up of the day's top news and sport with Clare McDonnell and Chris Warburton.

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I've just been on BBC Radio 4's World at One programme chatting to Sarah Montague about #Clawdbot🎙️🎧 Listen from 31:13: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... TL;DR: Clawdbot is a tech nerd hobbyist project. It's not simple to install & not secure. Don't feed it your data My full analysis: bit.ly/49KlPxI

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World at One - Starmer promises 'mature' relationship with China - BBC Sounds

The Prime Minister declares ties with China are essential to the UK's national interest.

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I was back at TRT World yesterday to film an episode of Roundtable on the EU banning “high risk” Chinese telecoms equipment vendors from European mobile networks, with Enda Brady, CCCEU’s Linlin Liang & Checkpoint’s Graeme Stewart. This episode airs next Tuesday at 3pm GMT 📺 #cybersecurity #5G

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Just back from the studio filming with TRT World talking about a key tech development this week. More deets tomorrow! #techjournalist #adayinthelife

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

After catching the cold/flu for the 3rd time in the last 2 months, I finally decided to get the flu jab. …but that’s now been cancelled because the flu jab nurse is ill too xD #lurgy #flu #londonlife

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Goodness, from looking at my email inbox today - it seems like everybody is upset with the Budget for a multitude of reasons, yikes 😬

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

In other news, our lift has just stopped working. I doubt it’s got anything to do with Cloudflare but it’s a funny coincidence. Yes, I should probably get off the Internet and go outside 🤣😭

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Mary-Ann Russon @concertina226.bsky.social · 18/11/2025