MR-055 Model & system behaviour Both scope

Lack of explainability and interpretability

The system's decisions cannot be adequately explained or interpreted, harming trust and auditability.

Risk family: Model & system behaviour
MIT domain: 7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations
MIT subdomain: 7.4 > Lack of transparency or interpretability
AI type: GPAI, Classical_ML, Agentic
Scope: Both
Source standard: MIT AI Risk Repository v4

Provenance

Source standard

MIT AI Risk Repository v4

Source frameworks

16 source framework citation keys

AIVerify2023, G'sell2024, Gipiškis2024, Hagendorff2024, Hogenhout2021, IBM2025, Liu2024, Meek2016, Nah2023, Paes2023, Perlo2025, Saghiri2022, Schnitzer2024, Sherman2023, Steimers2022, Teixeira2022

ISO/IEC references

23894 obj A.12; src 7; mech B.3 | 42001 ctrl A.6.2.7, A.8.2

EU AI Act articles

Art. 13 | Art. 26(11) | Art. 50

Framework crosswalk

Every framework item mapped to this risk. Items marked partial overlap only in part; definitions appear on hover where the source licence permits.

Sourcesframeworks that contributed to the register

ISO 238941

A.12 ISO/IEC 23894 Annex A A.12

ISO 420012

A.6.2.7 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A A.6.2.7
A.8.2 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A A.8.2

EU AI Act3

Art. 13
Art. 26(11)
Art. 50

Cross-checksframeworks mapped in to test coverage

IBM5

ibm-inaccessible-training-data Inaccessible training data
ibm-unexplainable-and-untraceable-actions Unexplainable and untraceable actions
ibm-unexplainable-output Unexplainable output
ibm-unreliable-source-attribution Unreliable source attribution
ibm-untraceable-attribution Untraceable attribution

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