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Transformer managing editor. Previously tech editor at the The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, digital editor at New Statesman, and assistant media editor at the Guardian.
Alys is a writer and editor based in the UK.
Shakeel is the editor of Transformer, a publication about the power and politics of transformative AI. He was previously a news editor at The Economist.
I'm an ex-neuroscientist and current AI reporter at Transformer. When I'm not writing, I play bass, dance, and kiss my cats on the forehead.
A Harvard graduate and former Tarbell Fellow for journalists, I write about AI's growing influence on society.
Reporter covering the Trump White House, the tech right & the 2026 midterms. Scoops in NY mag, WIRED, CJR & local dailies.
Senior AI Policy Reporter at Transformer X/Bsky: @vronirwin IG/Threads: @vronwrites LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronica-irwin-009266112/ Signal: vronirwin.72 veronica(at)transformernews(dot)ai
writer on AI, science, ideas for publications like Transformer, the Wall Street Journal, American Scholar
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