Standard / soft law
Autonomous systems should meet measurable, testable transparency levels per stakeholder group (IEEE 7001)
IEEE Std 7001-2021 is the umbrella standard for transparency of autonomous systems. In our own words (from the PUBLIC abstract/scope): it defines measurable, testable LEVELS of transparency so autonomous systems can be objectively assessed and levels of compliance determined. It does not tell a designer how to build transparency; it defines testable levels and the requirements to satisfy each, across five stakeholder groups — users, the general public and bystanders, safety-certification agencies, incident/accident investigators, and lawyers/expert witnesses. Its core premise: transparency cannot be assumed; many well-designed systems are not transparent, so it must be deliberately designed in, and methods are needed to test, measure, and compare it. Intended as an umbrella from which domain-specific variants (7001.1, 7001.2 …) develop. Detect an autonomous/AI system with no specified, testable transparency provision for its affected stakeholder groups (especially post-incident investigability). [TIER C: own-words summary of PUBLIC scope; licensed normative text not stored — available free via the IEEE GET program.]
ieee-7001.stakeholder-transparency-levels · IEEE Std 7001-2021 (measurable transparency levels per stakeholder group) · official source · jurisdictions: INTL