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@leonardonclt.bsky.social
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Visual stories at @BBGVisualData, @business. Creator of CityAccessMap.com. Opinions are my own. leonardonicoletti.com

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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 17/06/2026
crazy ride with Denitsa Tsekova, Alexander Mcintyre, Alex Newman, @rachaeldottle.bsky.social, Jaren Kerr, Sid Verma
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 17/06/2026
Polymarket said it has strengthened safeguards against insider trading as the platform has grown. Earlier this year, it updated its rules to prohibit trading on stolen confidential information or illegal tips. 🧵7/7
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 17/06/2026
Large wagers are more likely to be flagged by statistical models, but traders can spread positions across multiple newly created wallets and analysts often can’t observe a participant’s complete portfolio. 🧵6/7
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 17/06/2026
We interviewed Joshua Della Vedova, a professor at University of San Diego’s business school, who said markets tied to politics are particularly vulnerable because outcomes often depend on decisions made by a small circle of officials. 🧵5/7
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 17/06/2026
Using Polysights' methods, we were able to identify several anomalous wallets that cashed out big on the February 28 Iran strike. Those wallets, also flagged by Polysights, have distinct characteristics compared to the average trader. 🧵4/7
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 17/06/2026
We analyzed data from Polysights, a platform that tracks potential Polymarket insiders, revealing that suspicious transactions tied to US strikes on Iran and a potential ceasefire accounted for roughly $45 million since January. 🧵3/7
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 17/06/2026
Earlier this week, we identified a Polymarket account that accumulated a large position in “Yes” contracts on a US-Iran peace deal days before news of the tentative agreement surfaced. The account, created two hours before its first trade, is set to profit at least $370K. 🧵2/7
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 17/06/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Polymarket Bets on Iran Deal Fuel Fresh Insider-Trading Fears 🚨 We analyzed millions of @Polymarket bets tied to the #IranWar‌ identifying several well-timed bets with outsized profits, revealing the risk of #insider #trading. 🧵1/7 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Polymarket Bets on Iran Deal Fuel Fresh Insider-Trading Fears
The Iran war has whipsawed markets, from oil futures to Polymarket. A Bloomberg analysis reveals the growing risk of insider trading.
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Aaron W. Gordon @agordon.me · 26/02/2026
Special thanks to @floorarearatio.bsky.social, among many others who asked to remain behind the scenes, for helping us sort through city housing data.
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Aaron W. Gordon @agordon.me · 26/02/2026
It's a trend that is quietly changing the character of neighborhoods, block by block, as buildings that once housed a dozen or more New Yorkers become single-family dwellings.
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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Ultra-rich buyers are consolidating New York townhouse apartments into giant single-family homes. Some are buying two, even three adjacent townhomes to build a franken-house. Step inside a Manhattan mega-mansion, the latest status symbol in this second Gilded Age: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The Rise of the Manhattan Mega-Mansion
In the West Village and other historic neighborhoods, buyers are consolidating apartments and combining townhomes, a sign of New York’s allure to the ultra-rich.
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Aaron W. Gordon @agordon.me · 26/02/2026
Behind the preserved historical facades, the ultra-rich are buying up adjacent townhomes in the West Village and Upper East Side, combining them into a megamansion. It's part of a broader trend of small multifamily buildings being turned into single-family homes. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The Rise of the Manhattan Mega-Mansion
In the West Village and other historic neighborhoods, buyers are consolidating apartments and combining townhomes, a sign of New York’s allure to the ultra-rich.
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Paulina Cachero @paulinacachero.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
NYC’s newest billionaire status symbol: a double-wide townhouse. Ultra-wealthy buyers are combining 2–3 historic townhomes into mega-mansions designed to feel like suburban estates — in the middle of the Manhattan. Here's the latest with @sooophie.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Marie Patino @mariepastora.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Come for the story and data, pls stay for the many hours spent in Blender texturing façades + building that spiral central staircase – was it very crucial, probably not
A screenshot of 3 3D modeled townhomes side by side. They are all rendered using a grey material, but the two on the right have a brick texture.A detailed 3D exploded isometric diagram of a multi-story mega-mansion, resulting from the combination of two townhouses at 105 and 1017 Bank Street. The graphic highlights several features, including an excavated subcellar containing a wine cellar, gym, sauna, and media room. Above the subcellar, the kitchen and family room occupy the garden level, with the main entrance and living/dining area on the parlor floor, above. A grand spiral staircase is shown connecting all levels, replacing the two original staircases. The upper floors include a primary suite with a 2,000-plus pound bathtub and multiple secondary bedrooms. The diagram is topped by a rooftop level added during construction that features a study and a bathroom.
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Marie Patino @mariepastora.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
We looked at where and how the ultra-rich are buying and combining two – sometimes three – adjacent townhomes to convert them into single-family housing (often featuring an elevator and a flashy central staircase.) www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The Rise of the Manhattan Mega-Mansion
In the West Village and other historic neighborhoods, buyers are consolidating apartments and combining townhomes, a sign of New York’s allure to the ultra-rich.
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 03/02/2026
Proud that our work on the Hidden Costs of AI received an honorable mention for the IRE Philip Meyer Award. This was a huge collaborative effort between Tech, Data and power reporters to uncover AI’s hidden impacts on communities worldwide. Congrats to all! ❤️‍🔥
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 22/12/2025
This topic we covered here 🙏 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... And here www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
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Enciclopedia Marrón @laconicicon.blacksky.app · 22/12/2025
*deep heavy sigh*
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Ruth Michaelson @ruthmichaelson.com · 22/12/2025
“Thousands of newcomers with little to no computing capacity today are hoping to claim a piece of the AI infrastructure gold rush.”
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 22/12/2025
🚨NEW: AI Data Center Gold Rush Driven by Thousands of Newcomers🚨 We analyzed thousands of data center operators. We found that newcomers are driving the AI gold rush - and it could have global economic consequences. 🎁: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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AI Data Center Gold Rush Driven by Thousands of Newcomers
The growing field of data center developers are catering to the tech industry’s ravenous demand for computing power to build better and more widely adopted AI systems. New faces are behind the mega-ca...
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Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
To read our full story that details why this is happening, how communities are responding and what tech companies are doing to address their water footprint, here's a gift link to the story (lifts paywall for a week): www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
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Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water. A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
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Anthony Cormier @anthonycormier.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
When Trump announced a reception and dinner for the top holders of his meme coin, crypto traders began jockeying for an invite. It's virtually impossible to know who these people are so we dug into the data. Turns out: more than half of them are probably foreign. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Top Trump Crypto Buyers Vying for Dinner Seats Are Likely Foreign, Data Shows
The majority of top holders of Donald Trump’s memecoin have used foreign exchanges that say they ban US users, suggesting many purchasers are based abroad
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David Kocieniewski @davidkski.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Our latest #crypto story: How the #$TRUMP memecoin funnels mysterious foreign money to #POTUS and his family w/@Anthony Cormier and @Leonardo Nicoletti tinyurl.com/4jzkdxrn
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Top Trump Crypto Buyers Vying for Dinner Seats Are Likely Foreign, Data Shows
The majority of top holders of Donald Trump’s memecoin have used foreign exchanges that say they ban US users, suggesting many purchasers are based abroad
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
(Bloomberg) - More than half of the top holders of President Donald Trump’s memecoin — who are jockeying for dinner with the president — have used foreign exchanges that say they ban US users, suggesting that many of the purchasers are based outside the US. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Top Trump Crypto Buyers Vying for Dinner Seats Are Likely Foreign, Data Shows
The majority of top holders of Donald Trump’s memecoin have used foreign exchanges that say they ban US users, suggesting many purchasers are based abroad
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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Wow. All but 6 of the top 25 Trump memecoin holders who registered for his contest bought their tokens on foreign crypto exchanges. This is the most corrupt grift in presidential history.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Trump’s contest to see who can bribe him the most through his meme coin is being dominated by foreign investors. There’s a reason why Trump fired the ethics watchdog overseeing the executive branch, and the team investigating crypto fraud. These are bribes, and this is corruption.
An article and chart showing that 76% of the value of Trump’s meme coin is coming from foreign investors funneling money to him.
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Kiki Yablon @kikiyablon.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
this is modern journalism. @wired.com "built software to systematically check the status of 1,374 government domains. The tool runs periodic scans, tracking whether sites remain accessible, how their servers respond, and if the domain names still resolve."
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 03/02/2025
🚨NEW: Trump coin was no fair play🚨 We analyzed 5 million+ transactions, and found most people made ZERO profits... except for 21 whales that got in before everyone, and walked away with millions of dollars. Our latest investigation with @MuyaoShen ⤵️⤵️ www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Trump’s Memecoin Exposes Trading Gaps in Crypto
Crypto was supposed to “democratize” finance, but small buyers remain at a disadvantage when experienced traders cash in
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 18/01/2025
🚨 WOW, @mikhailsirenko.bsky.social @trivikrama.bsky.social and I won the Michael Breheny Prize for cityaccessmap.com 🤯 We calculated accessibility for *any city in the world and revealed stark inequalities. journals.sagepub.com/page/epb/col... Lookout for a V2 of the app later this year 🚨
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Dylan Paré, PhD (they/them) @mxdylanp.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Steep increase in data centers to run AI threatens already stressed US power grids, likely causing power distortions to nearby homes. It's probably only going to get worse as improvements to grids can't keep up. By @leonardonclt.bsky.social @naurtorious.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 30/12/2024
New AI data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals
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AI Is Wreaking Havoc on Global Power Systems
New artificial intelligence data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals.
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 30/12/2024
🚨NEW INVESTIGATION🚨   @naurtorious.bsky.social Andre Tartar and I analyzed exclusive data from ~800K sensors and found a strong link between proximity to #AI #datacenters and higher levels of distorted power, which can damage home appliances and aging grids. tinyurl.com/AIDistortedP...
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AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
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News HQ @newshq.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse #news #worldnews
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AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
AI might threaten millions of jobs and make jobs that still exist much harder and undermine education and illegally scrape writing from authors and creators and worsen climate change and gobble up water supplies, sure, but at least it also might be fucking up the actual power supply to your house
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AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
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Anonymous @opcanary.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
AI data centers are multiplying across the United States and sucking up huge amounts of power. New evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of USians. #opcanary
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AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Real life is not like science fiction, where the power usage required for processing rarely, if ever, factors into the plot. I still care very much about the ethics of AI usage but I really think its environmental and infrastructural impact desperately needs more exposure.
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AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 29/12/2024
AI data centers are multiplying across the US and sucking up huge amounts of power. An exclusive analysis shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans
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AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
One more reminder that webglaze serves all its users on the equivalent power of 50% of a single outdated data center GPU. Or you can run glaze on a modern laptop and glaze an image in about 2 mins. Unlike AI companies busy training the latest models, you won’t disrupt any power grids. I promise.
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Simon Casey @sjcasey.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
New evidence shows AI's thirst for power may be distorting the flow of power to US consumers (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
AI data centers are multiplying across the U.S. and sucking up huge amounts of power. New evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans
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AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
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Ron Chan @rondanchan.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Gen ai is poisoning our power grid, stealing intellectual property, using precious water, and ruining the internet with unreliable information and garbage imagery. Don't use it, and don't normalize it, even for laughs.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/12/2024
Power to "AI" is actively damaging power transmission on the US grid. Not "might." Not "will." Right Now Is. I've been seeing increasing amounts of pushback against people talking about the environmental harms of "generative AI," comparing things like the resource use of factory farming in the US.…
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AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
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Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Full of gratitude to receive The Michael Breheny Prize this year by Environment and Planning B: #Urban Analytics and #City Science. 🙏🏽 @leonardonclt.bsky.social did such an excellent job to convert this work into an accessible framework! Award: doi.org/10.1177/2399... Web: www.cityaccessmap.com
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Alvin Chang @alv9n.com · 21/11/2024
My latest: Sitters and Standers Interactive: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitt... Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_E...
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Sitters and Standers
The American worker divide: Those who sit, and those who stand
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Davey Alba @davey.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
NEW: We analyzed more than 53,000 posts over more than a decade sent by Elon Musk on X, and found that immigration and voter fraud has become — by far — his favorite and most popular policy topic online. bloom.bg/3UiUOJy
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 24/10/2024
🚨NEW: Elon Musk Is Now X’s Biggest Promoter of Anti-Immigrant Conspiracies🚨 🎁bloom.bg/3UiUOJy We analyzed ~53K X posts from Elon Musk and found he's spreading debunked theories of undocumented voters swaying the US election, and growing his influence in the process.
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Leonardo @handle.invalid · 29/09/2024
🚨"Remigration": How a White Nationalist Threat Spread From Austria to the US🚨 @virtualnomad and I analyzed 3.1 million social posts and found that influencers used X to spread a radical idea + influence political narratives of major elections. 🎁 read here for free: shorturl.at/Fl0Pr
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 28/09/2024
A White nationalist idea is putting xenophobia on the ballot, an analysis of 3.1 million social media posts shows
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“Remigration": How a White Nationalist Threat Spread From Austria to the US
A Bloomberg analysis of 3.1 million social media posts shows that use of “remigration,” a concept appropriated by White nationalists, has exploded in the past eight months ahead of major elections.
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Leon Yin @leonyin.org · 08/03/2024
New: Employers and HR vendors are using AI chatbots to interview and screen job applicants. We found that OpenAI's GPT discriminates against names based on race and gender when ranking resumes. W/ @davey.bsky.social and @leonardonclt.bsky.social gift link: bloom.bg/3It4cE4
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OpenAI’s GPT Is a Recruiter’s Dream Tool. Tests Show There’s Racial Bias
Recruiters are eager to use generative AI, but a Bloomberg experiment found bias against job candidates based on their names alone
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