Explainability frameworks increasingly intertwine technical desiderata with normative commitments, yet the standards community struggles to reconcile algorithmic transparency with equitable outcomes. ISO/IEC 24027—Artificial intelligence—Explainability requirements for AI systems—offers the first international attempt to codify explanatory integrity, but its pragmatic implementation e[REDACTED]...
Category: Spec-Driven AI Development
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Adversarial Robustness in XAI Specifications: Why Explainability Must Be Secure
Explainability (XAI) systems are increasingly deployed in safety-critical domains, yet their vulnerability to adversarial manipulation threatens trust and decision integrity. This article investigates the adversarial robustness of specification-based XAI mechanisms, focusing on how malicious inputs can subvert explanatory outputs without altering the underlying model behavior. We pose three cor...
XAI Interoperability Standards: How Explanation Formats Should Be Specified
Explainable AI (XAI) systems generate explanations to justify model decisions, yet current standardization efforts lack coherent specifications for explanation formats. This article establishes a rigorous framework for XAI interoperability, defining mandatory components for explanation formats that ensure technical compatibility and functional validity across diverse deployment contexts. We ana...
Testing Explainability Compliance: Specification-Based Testing for AI Transparency
Explainability compliance in artificial intelligence systems demands rigorous evaluation methodologies that can verify whether AI models adhere to predefined specification criteria. This article introduces specification‑based testing (SBT) as a systematic approach to assess AI transparency, focusing on how well model outputs conform to declared functional and ethical constraints. We outline a r...
Formal Methods for XAI Verification: Proving That Explanations Are Correct
Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) seeks to make model decisions transparent, yet existing approaches often produce explanations that are themselves opaque or unverified. Formal verification offers a rigorous mathematical framework to certify that an explanation accurately reflects the underlying model computation. This article investigates how formal methods can be applied to XAI to gen...
Domain-Specific XAI Standards: Healthcare, Finance, Legal, and Defense Specifications
Abstract: XAI (Explainable Artificial Intelligence) has matured into a cross-disciplinary field where domain-specific standards are essential for regulatory compliance, stakeholder trust, and operational safety. While generic XAI techniques provide post-hoc explanations, industry sectors have distinct governance requirements, data sensitivity constraints, and risk tolerance levels that demand t...
XAI Specification Frameworks: From Natural Language to Formal Explainability Requirements
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) has emerged as a critical requirement for trustworthy AI systems, yet current approaches often treat explanations as afterthoughts rather than first-class outputs of the development process. This article proposes a specification framework for XAI that treats explainability requirements as formal specifications alongside functional requirements. We addre...
The Spec-Driven AI Toolchain: From Specification to Deployment
The transition from specification-centric development to deployed AI systems requires a comprehensive toolchain that bridges the gap between formal requirements and operational machine l[REDACTED]g models. This article examines the current landscape of tools supporting spec-driven AI development, from specification authoring platforms through automated test generation to continuous validation p...
Formal Specification Economics: Measuring ROI of Spec Investment
Academic Citation: Ivchenko, O. (2026). Formal Specification Economics: Measuring ROI of Spec Investment. Spec-Driven AI Development Series. Odesa National Polytechnic University. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18818355 Abstract Formal specification practices in AI system development represent a significant upfront investment that enterprises must justify economically. This article presents a rigorous fra...
Architecting Spec-Compliant AI Systems: Patterns and Anti-Patterns
The integration of artificial intelligence into enterprise systems demands rigorous architectural approaches that ensure reliability, maintainability, and compliance with specifications. This article explores architectural patterns that support spec-driven development of AI systems, contrasting proven design patterns with common anti-patterns that lead to technical debt. We examine contract-bas...