ESG: Will latest Trump tariffs encourage dialogue on human rights issues?

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ESG: Will latest Trump tariffs encourage dialogue on human rights issues?

Nomura | ESG: Will latest Trump tariffs encourage dialogue on human rights issues? 31 July 2026

Fig. 2: Human rights risks stemming from AI

Human rights risks associated with AI Human rights risks associated with AI

AI makes it easier for governments and companies to

Biased data and design can lead to

Privacy violations and conduct population-scale monitoring utilizing facial Widening discrimination

1 10 discrimination in areas such as employment,

large-scale surveillance recognition, behavioral analysis, and large-scale data and inequality

lending, healthcare, justice, and welfare.

processing.

Deepfake pornography and sexualized images There is a growing incidence of AI-generated

Online violence against disproportionately target women, potentially leading to a Child sexual exploitation child sexual abuse material, children having their

2 11

women reduction in the number of female reporters and public and abuse images manipulated for sexualized deepfakes,

commenters. and misuse of open models.

Sycophantic AI can encourage paranoid thinking

AI toys and companions can negatively affect children's

Effects on child and suicidal ideation, potentially leading to

3 emotional development, privacy, and formation of human 12 Mental health harm

development and welfare psychological dependency and, in some cases,

relationships.

fatalities.

Interference with AI makes it easier to produce and target persuasive AI-generated content and deepfakes make it

Misinformation and

4 autonomous opinion content at scale, potentially manipulating decision-making 13 difficult to distinguish truth from falsehood,

erosion of shared reality

formation in political, health, and social contexts. thereby eroding public trust.