The Human Rights Impacts of Large Language Models

Berkeley Law Voices Carry · Sep 22, 2026 · 40m

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with the authors of a recent report from Berkeley’s Human Rights Center, “An International Analysis of the Human Rights Impacts of Large Language Models(opens in a new tab)” : Human Rights Center Executive Director Betsy Popken and Vyoma Raman and Camille Chabot, two former technology researchers for the center.

The report focuses on how the use of large language models, or LLMs — the foundation of generative AI — are affecting the fields of law, journalism, and education. Over 15 months, the team interviewed 56 people from 24 countries, including at…