LLM use may threaten freedom of thought and equality across law, journalism and education
A report from the UC Berkeley Human Rights Center examines the potential risks of large language models (LLMs) to freedom of thought and equality in law, journalism, and education. The study highlights how geographic and socioeconomic factors influence how these tools are used and the subsequent human rights implications.
Why it matters
As AI becomes integrated into critical societal sectors, understanding its impact on human rights is essential for developing ethical regulatory frameworks.
by Maggie Andresen, University of California - Berkeley
edited by Gaby Clark , reviewed by Robert Egan
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Add as preferred source Three-stage approach to conducting a model-level assessment of human rights risk. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2510.05519 The Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley School of Law has released a human rights assessment of the use of large language models (LLMs) in the fields of law, journalism and education.
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