Cyber and Emerging Tech Reporter, Bloomberg News

Katrina Manson

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Katrina Manson is a Bloomberg journalist covering cyber and emerging technology. She recently (March 2026) spoke with NPR‘s Tonya Mosely on Fresh Air: America’s first AI-fueled war is unfolding right now in Iran. This is how we got here.

Mason’s latest book, Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare, explores how AI was introduced into the defense kill chain.
Previously, Manson covered U.S. Foreign Policy and Defense for the Financial Times. Prior to that she was the East African correspondent for the Financial Times.