Susanna Reid has admitted she fears she could one day be replaced by artificial intelligence as she reflected on huge changes at Good Morning Britain and the future of her TV career.
The presenter, 55, said she is "savouring every moment" on screen amid the rise of AI - while also speaking about the "sad" impact of staff cuts after the ITV breakfast show moved to ITN.
Concerns over AI and personalised news
"We're in challenging times with the advent of AI," Susanna said. "I'm savouring every moment in television because who knows at what point I might be replaced by an AI version?" She said she was also concerned that increasingly personalised news could leave viewers trapped in an echo chamber of their own interests.
Susanna added: "If we have an AI version of super-highly tailored news, you would lose that sense of 'I didn't realise I wanted to know about that' or 'That didn't occur to me'."
Reflecting on GMB changes
Speaking to Women & Home magazine, the broadcaster also addressed the upheaval at GMB, saying: "Moving GMB to ITN was a big, dramatic change. The team was cut down, and who's not going to feel sad about losing a chunk of staff?"
But she said change had to be embraced, adding: "People have found other fulfilling work and change is an opportunity - you have to lean into change and make it work."
Susanna insisted she has no grand career plan beyond the breakfast programme, joking she will stay until somebody tells her: "Thanks very much. You can have a lie-in tomorrow!"
Fitness and lifestyle revelations
She suggested a podcast could eventually be on the cards, saying she is a "massive podcast fan". Susanna also revealed she has become much more relaxed about her body since turning 50. The former Strictly Come Dancing contestant said she was at her "slimmest and fittest" while training for eight hours a day on the BBC show in 2013, but has since reframed her attitude to weight following menopause and hormonal changes.
"As long as I am healthy, exercising, walking regularly, and eating fresh fruit and vegetables, I think, 'I am what I am,'" she said. "We have to accept that our bodies change."
Her current fitness regime is more manageable: ten minutes of exercise every day, often completed in her nightclothes with a YouTube workout.
"If I can't be bothered, I think, 'Susanna, just get it started,'" she said, explaining that exercise also lifts her mood and helps stop her procrastinating.
Susanna, who stopped drinking regularly in 2018, also revealed that even one alcoholic drink can now leave her feeling ill for days. After having "one small drink" to celebrate Crystal Palace's European triumph in May, she recalled: "It felt like poison for a few days, I just felt ill."
She added: "Ninety-nine per cent of the time I'm not drinking", and joked that her body now tells her: "For the one per cent of the time you think you can drink, think again, lady."
