Leonardo Nicoletti.
Data, code, and visual storytelling for tech and public accountability.
technology
·Bloomberg, 2023
Humans Are Biased. Generative AI is Even Worse.
Stable Diffusion's text-to-image model amplifies stereotypes about race and gender - here's why that matters
technology
·Bloomberg, 2024
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 analysis found bias against candidates based on their names alone.
technology
·Bloomberg, 2024
AI Is Already Wreaking Havoc On Global Power Systems
A data investigation into 1000s of data centers which found that AI data centers are coming online so fast that electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals.
war
·Bloomberg, 2023
Israel’s Evacuation Order Forces Gaza’s Population Farther From Hospitals
Visualizing access to health services in Gaza, during the 2023 Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
green
·Bloomberg, 2023
Extreme Heat and Aging Power Grids Are a Deadly Combination
Visualizing heat patterns and EMS calls for heat related deaths during the 2023 heat wave.
technology
·Bloomberg, 2023
Elon Musk Is So Busy His Private Jet Is Taking 13-Minute Flights
Musk's plane has flown the most among some of the richest US billionaires with the frequency ramping up after he added Twitter to his portfolio of companies.
health
·Bloomberg, 2022
Hidden Fentanyl Is Driving a Fatal New Phase in US Opioid Epidemic
A visual exploration of the role of Fentanyl and COVID-19 in enabling the deadliest phase-yet of the opioid epidemic.
drugs
·Bloomberg, 2022
A Fruit Company Found Cocaine In Its Banana Shipment. This Dutch Town Paid the Price
Visualizing drug-related terrorist attacks in the Maasdriel community of South Holland.
politics
·Bloomberg, 2022
Why the Fight for the House Was Surprisingly Competitive
A visual article that explores the widely held assumptions that gerrymandering would lead to fewer competitive House races in the 2022 election.
technology
·Bloomberg, 2022
Candidates Keep Pushing Election Denial Online - Because It Works
Visualizing "Stolen-Election" social media posts by 160 Republican candidates.
cities
·TU Delft, 2022
CityAccessMap
An open-open source project for visualizing urban accessibility insights worldwide.
social
·2022
Work From Home: A Rich vs. Poor Issue
A visual essay about the inequalities that exist in the work-from-home paradigm.
politics
·2022
The Most Dangerous U.S. States to Reside in
A Tool Designed with Female Assigned at Birth (AFAB) and Femme Folx' Safety in Mind
gender
·The Pudding, 2022
When Women Make Headlines
Analyzing more than 382,000 headlines to see how women are represented (or misrepresented) in the news.
technology
·2021
Take it to the tweets, not the streets
In the digital era, hashtag activism may be a stronger predictor of legislative change than traditional protest
technology
·2021
#Hashtags as a Means for Political Action
Exploring the Impact of Location-based Hashtag Activism on Political Processes Using Geolocated Social Media Data.
social
·2021
Homegrown Criminality
Visualizing new data on felony crime rates by citizenship status in the United States.
social
·2020
The Death Toll of Policing
Visualizing deaths caused by policing in the United States.
social
·2019
Opioid Voices
Visualizing voices of the opioid epidemic through photography and text mining.
social
·2019
Broken Windows vs. Broken Institutions
Challenging baseless theories that promote the criminalization of disadvantaged communities.
