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  1. Failure-Transparent Agents: Benchmarking Post-Failure Reporting in Tool-Using Language Models

    Source note · Sep 28, 2026 · evaluation, agents, safety

    The preprint introduces a controlled benchmark for cases where a required tool fails and an agent may report success without supporting evidence. The benchmark contains 100 tasks with deterministic failure traces…

  2. Co-constructing sociotechnical AI governance: participatory system mapping using algorithm registers

    Source note · Aug 12, 2026 · governance, transparency

    In this paper, researchers examine a municipal algorithm register used for decision-support tools in welfare benefits eligibility assessments. They find that engaging diverse stakeholders in participatory system…

  3. Investigating Artificial Intelligence Digital Sovereignty in Mobile Shopping Apps: A Case Study of Nigeria

    Source note · Aug 6, 2026 · ai, transparency

    This research investigates the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Nigerian mobile shopping apps on digital sovereignty, focusing on platform transparency as a key indicator of user awareness and control. The…

  4. AISPA: User-Centric System Prompt Auditing for Large Language Model Applications

    Source note · Jul 30, 2026 · ai, transparency

    A new framework called AISPA is introduced to audit system prompts in AI systems, which are instructions used by developers to control the behavior of AI applications. The framework examines specific parts of a system…

  5. BrainPilot: Automating Brain Discovery with Agentic Research

    Source note · Jul 16, 2026 · ai, research automation, transparency

    BrainPilot is a multi-agent system designed to accelerate brain science research using AI agents grounded in curated domain knowledge, traceable logs, and auditable records for transparency. The system is fully…

  6. Plover: Steering GUI Agents through Plan-Centric Interaction

    Source note · Jul 16, 2026 · transparency

    The paper introduces Plover, a system for GUI automation in real-world environments. It focuses on improving flexibility and user control by making task plans persistent, inspectable, and editable, while also allowing…

  7. ReasoningLens: Hierarchical Visualization and Diagnostic Auditing for Large Reasoning Models

    Source note · Jun 22, 2026 · transparency, ai frameworks

    The paper introduces ReasoningLens, an open-source framework designed to help with the visualization and diagnostic auditing of complex reasoning chains in large reasoning models. The tool aims to address the issue of…

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