Table 1

The five stakeholder groups of XAI

XAI stakeholder groupExplanation
Users affected by model decisionsAs AI systems are widely implemented across services, people are constantly directly and indirectly affected by decisions made by various models in various contexts
Individuals using AI systemsAn increasing number of tools and services include AI components. Examples are numerous, from online recommendation systems to anomaly detection solutions trying to block spam email
Managers and executive board membersIn business firms, upper executive management has oversight into the AI systems used in their company
Regulatory entitiesVarious regulatory entities such as the European Union and individual governmental bodies are interested in controlling and legislating AI systems to protect citizens from potential harm that immature AI systems could cause
Developers such as data scientists and system engineersPerhaps the most obvious target audience for XAI are the developers who create the AI models. They are responsible for ensuring that the models work effectively and in a desired fashion

Source(s): Based on Meske et al. (2022) 

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