Berkeley Law report finds AI use affects rights in law, media, schools

Researchers at Berkeley’s Human Rights Center completed an investigation lasting over 15 months into the effects of large language models on human rights, interviewing 56 people from 24 countries to gather input from legal, journalistic and educational sectors on every inhabited continent. The team, led by Human Rights Center Executive Director Betsy Popken and including Vyoma Raman, now at Cornell pursuing a PhD in information science, and Camille Chabot, beginning her JD at Harvard Law School, examined both the benefits and drawbacks of generative AI. Popken explains the study arose from considering potential risks alongside opportunities when ChatGPT launched in late 2022, asking, The resulting report offers a robust set of recommendations to identify and address potential harms in these critical fields. The Berkeley Law report focuses on how the use of large language models are affecting the fields of law, journalism and education. The results provide insight into the benefits and drawbacks of this technology in these sectors, and the authors conclude with a robust set of recommendations aimed at identifying and remediating potential harms in these important fields. Vyoma Raman highlighted a common thread observed across journalism, law and education sectors. “One was the use of large…