Building Transparent AI: Explainability, Accountability, and Data Integrity for Trustworthy Agents

Trustworthy AI agents require attributes such as explainability, accountability, and data transparency. Let's watch why.

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Video by IBM Technology AI/MLOps Tech Specialist Ashley Winkles, Comments by Yiannis Bakopoulos

10/21/20251 min read

We must prioritize explainability, accountability, and data transparency to build trustworthy AI agents.

Explainability ensures users understand why an agent made a decision, including its reasoning, confidence level, and possible recourse. Developers can use feature importance analysis to refine models.

Accountability involves clear audit trails, continuous monitoring, and human oversight—especially for sensitive or high-risk actions.

Data transparency requires revealing training data sources, using model cards, and protecting user privacy through encryption and minimal data collection. Regular bias audits and compliance with regulations like GDPR help ensure fairness.

These pillars transform black box systems into reliable, user-aligned AI agents.

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