Mark Little
@marklittle.bsky.social
Journalist entrepreneur. Talking media/tech/democracy. Founded Storyful. Co-founded Kinzen. Worked Spotify & Twitter. Ex-foreign correspondent 🇮🇪
"The internet is not improved by treating its users like criminal suspects and our lives as opportunities for corporate profit" www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back
Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"The internet is not improved by treating its users like criminal suspects and our lives as opportunities for corporate profit" www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
"It’s certainly a problem for human artists if AI begins to sound more like them. But a potentially bigger problem may be that humans will start to sound more like AI." time.com/7338205/rage...
It's Time to Rage Against the AI Music Machine
If AI music takes over "humans will begin to echo the machines, and there will be a downward spiral into slop."
time.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"It’s certainly a problem for human artists if AI begins to sound more like them. But a potentially bigger problem may be that humans will start to sound more like AI." time.com/7338205/rage...
“Every day, another major corporation or elected official or distant family member is choosing to speak to you in this particular voice. This is just what the world sounds like now. This is how everything has chosen to speak.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“Every day, another major corporation or elected official or distant family member is choosing to speak to you in this particular voice. This is just what the world sounds like now. This is how everything has chosen to speak.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
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Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
"Since ... Oracle announced a $300bn deal with the chatbot maker, its stock has shed $315bn in market value" www.ft.com/content/064b...
Oracle is already underwater on its ‘astonishing’ $300bn OpenAI deal
AI’s circular economy may have a reverse Midas at the centre
www.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Since ... Oracle announced a $300bn deal with the chatbot maker, its stock has shed $315bn in market value" www.ft.com/content/064b...
“Older generations should instead recognize that the world we have created does not seem to offer a viable path to making change.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
“Older generations should instead recognize that the world we have created does not seem to offer a viable path to making change.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
“Information warfare is now more akin to battle by autonomous drones—hyperpersonalized, relentlessly adaptive, and cheap enough for any actor to use against its adversaries.” www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
AI Is Supercharging Disinformation Warfare
America's defenses aren't ready for AI disinformation warfare.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
“Information warfare is now more akin to battle by autonomous drones—hyperpersonalized, relentlessly adaptive, and cheap enough for any actor to use against its adversaries.” www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
"American culture has built up the idea of brand choice as a political act" www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
YouTube’s Right-Wing Stars Fuel Boom in Politically Charged Ads
YouTube’s MAGA stars aren’t just talking politics—they’re selling it
www.bloomberg.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"American culture has built up the idea of brand choice as a political act" www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
“Every creator whom Fortune spoke with said their reach had increased sharply after Meta’s January policy shift, which came just a few months after President Donald Trump threatened to imprison Zuckerberg.” fortune.com/2025/11/20/g...
Mark Zuckerberg’s hate-speech gamble fuels Gen Z radicalization on Instagram as millions watch Hitler speeches and Holocaust denial clips | Fortune
The hottest far-right influencer right now isn’t Nick Fuentes—it’s Hitler. And his videos are appearing next to JPMorgan and U.S. Army ads
fortune.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“Every creator whom Fortune spoke with said their reach had increased sharply after Meta’s January policy shift, which came just a few months after President Donald Trump threatened to imprison Zuckerberg.” fortune.com/2025/11/20/g...
“The U.S. economy in 2025 is split in two: Everything tied to artificial intelligence is booming. Just about everything else is not.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/b...
The A.I. Boom Is Driving the Economy. What Happens if It Falters?
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“The U.S. economy in 2025 is split in two: Everything tied to artificial intelligence is booming. Just about everything else is not.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/b...
“I’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio" www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
Exclusive: British newspaper spoke to the wrong de Blasio, not an ‘imposter’
How a Long Island vintner, with the help of ChatGPT, prompted a transatlantic journalistic debacle.
www.semafor.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
“I’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio" www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
“Israel’s public position — a nation forced into a defensive war and making every effort to minimize civilian casualties — is eroded by more documentary evidence each day” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/b...
Social Media’s Changing Narrative of the Israel-Gaza War
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
“Israel’s public position — a nation forced into a defensive war and making every effort to minimize civilian casualties — is eroded by more documentary evidence each day” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/b...
“Are my piggies enjoying their slop?” joinspread.com/post/5e0c989...
Spread by Matt Abrams: OpenAI's new social app is filled with terrifying Sam Altman deepfakes
TechCrunch
joinspread.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“Are my piggies enjoying their slop?” joinspread.com/post/5e0c989...
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Xi is really good at this stuff.
NEW: China's president Xi Jinping unexpectedly joins the UN climate summit, by video, to offer his nation's 2035 climate pledge
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Xi is really good at this stuff.
With Calls for Retribution Over Kirk, Some See Rise of a ‘Woke Right’
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
53 videos with fabricated claims about Kirk reached 31.9 million views over three days indicator.media/p/tiktok-con...
TikTok content farms pivot to Charlie Kirk hoaxes
AI tributes and conspiracy theories about Kirk’s assassination got 32 million views
indicator.media
September 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
53 videos with fabricated claims about Kirk reached 31.9 million views over three days indicator.media/p/tiktok-con...
“If the medium is the message, the message is mass psychosis” open.substack.com/pub/samharri...
We Are Losing the Information War with Ourselves
If the medium is the message, the message is mass psychosis.
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
“If the medium is the message, the message is mass psychosis” open.substack.com/pub/samharri...
"I believe that social media has played a direct role in every single assassination and assassination attempt that we have seen over the last five, six years" www.ft.com/content/00d8...
Utah governor blames social media for fomenting US political violence
Spencer Cox said accused shooter of Charlie Kirk had been a ‘very normal young man’ who was radicalised online
www.ft.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"I believe that social media has played a direct role in every single assassination and assassination attempt that we have seen over the last five, six years" www.ft.com/content/00d8...
“This is all psychologically damaging to our society in ways we don’t understand" www.wired.com/story/charli...
Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content-Moderation World
Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases the platforms are falling short on enforcing their own content moderation rules.
www.wired.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“This is all psychologically damaging to our society in ways we don’t understand" www.wired.com/story/charli...
“Living in a time of fractured attention & fractured politics, is it any wonder people would rather spend time being mildly scolded by A.I.-generated ’80s kids who seem to know what the world is about than to try to make sense of our own chaotic times?” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/s...
Remember When Things Were Better in the ’90s? A.I. Does Too.
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
“Living in a time of fractured attention & fractured politics, is it any wonder people would rather spend time being mildly scolded by A.I.-generated ’80s kids who seem to know what the world is about than to try to make sense of our own chaotic times?” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/s...
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As scary as this moment is, remember that support for political violence went DOWN after the July 2024 assassination attempt against Trump, not up www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
We need to make the same thing happen this time.
We need to make the same thing happen this time.
September 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
As scary as this moment is, remember that support for political violence went DOWN after the July 2024 assassination attempt against Trump, not up www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
We need to make the same thing happen this time.
We need to make the same thing happen this time.
"Similar to the millions of image macros and cat memes created in the mid-2000s, AI slop will soon just be part of the political language we all use. We might not like to see it, but, right now, that’s exactly why it goes viral." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No, that wasn’t Angela Rayner dancing and rapping: you’ll need to understand AI slopaganda | Marcus Beard
The qualms about using AI imagery and deepfakes in politics are breaking down. It will soon just be part of the political language we all use, says digital, disinformation and AI specialist Marcus Bea...
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Similar to the millions of image macros and cat memes created in the mid-2000s, AI slop will soon just be part of the political language we all use. We might not like to see it, but, right now, that’s exactly why it goes viral." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"We believe that in the near future half the people on the planet will be AI, and we are the company that’s bringing those people to life"
Not a business plan but a horror movie
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
Not a business plan but a horror movie
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode — Behind an AI Start Up’s Plan
Former Wondery exec Jeanine Wright is leading a new firm, Inception Point AI, that's betting on flooding the zone with audio content: “I think that people who are still referring to all AI-generated c...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"We believe that in the near future half the people on the planet will be AI, and we are the company that’s bringing those people to life"
Not a business plan but a horror movie
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
Not a business plan but a horror movie
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
If you want a glimpse of a future where humanity has a more intentional and resilient relationship with technology then pay attention to the digital natives www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
‘Touching grass’, Gen-Z's fight back against big tech
Tech entrepreneur and journalist, Mark Little, discusses the challenges Gen-Z are facing and – importantly – the resilience they are showing and what the rest of us can learn from them.
www.rte.ie
September 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
If you want a glimpse of a future where humanity has a more intentional and resilient relationship with technology then pay attention to the digital natives www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...