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New benchmark reveals LLMs violate human rights through efficiency justifications

Researchers have developed UDHRBench, a new benchmark designed to evaluate how well large language models adhere to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The benchmark includes 1,124 questions across all 30 articles, with responses from models like ChatGPT, Grok, and Gemini annotated by experts. Initial findings indicate that models often violate human rights principles through justifications related to efficiency or neutrality, rather than direct opposition. The study also proposes an LLM-as-a-Judge framework for automated evaluation, achieving a high accuracy in detecting misalignments. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential risks of LLM deployment in sensitive applications and necessitates further research into ethical alignment.

RANK_REASON Academic paper introducing a new benchmark for LLM safety evaluation. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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New benchmark reveals LLMs violate human rights through efficiency justifications

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 Deutsch(DE) · Alak Raad (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar), Noreldin Morssy (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar), Zeerak Suhail (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar), Serin Atiani (Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan), Mustafa Jarrar (Hamad Bin Khali… ·

    UDHRBench: Benchmarking Human Rights in Large Language Models

    arXiv:2610.15179v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models are increasingly deployed in contexts requiring adherence to ethical and legal norms, yet their alignment with internationally recognized human rights standards remains underexplored. We introduce UDHRBench, …