Australia AI Ethics Framework
AI Ethics Principles

Australia AI Ethics Framework AUAIE-6: Transparency and explainability

There should be transparency and responsible disclosure so that people can understand when they are significantly impacted by AI and can find out when an AI system is engaging with them. Disclosure serves each stakeholder differently: users (what the system does and why), creators and certifiers (processes and input data), deployers and operators, accident investigators, regulators in investigations, participants in legal processes, and the public (confidence in the technology). Disclosures should be timely and give reasonable justifications for outcomes, including the key factors used in decision making, and people should be able to learn that an AI system is engaging with them whatever the level of impact and obtain a reasonable disclosure about it.

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This control maps to 9 controls across 6 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • AIGE-P1 Transparency and Explainability

ISO/IEC 23894:2023 · 1 control

  • 23894-A.6 Transparency and Explainability

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 1 control

  • A.8.2 System documentation and information for users
  • 9.2 Transparency

OECD AI Principles · 1 control

  • OECDAI-2 Transparency, Explainability, and Public-Facing Disclosure
  • OECDAI24-2 Generative AI Transparency, Content Provenance, and Authenticity

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