The goal of the First International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Accountable and Conscious Human-centered AI (REACH-AI’25) is to create a platform for an interdisciplinary discourse of researchers and practitioners on the potential impacts of AI on society, focusing on human values. REACHAI’ 25 will target relevant key topics, including identifying and addressing ethical considerations during the requirement development phases and ensuring that the developed AI system aligns with societal and environmental values, legal norms and regulations. This involves providing transparency, fairness, and accountability of the solutions, and overcoming concerns related to, e.g., biases in AI models, data privacy and security, and explainability of AI decisions, along with robust mechanisms for auditing and monitoring systems’ post-deployment to address unintended consequences or evolving risks.

This workshop seeks to ignite a research-oriented conversation around the above-mentioned topics, with an emphasis on approaches for requirements elicitation, analysis, specification, and evolution for ensuring accountable and conscious human-centered AI. Specifically, the discussions will focus on establishing frameworks to align AI capabilities with stakeholder values, analyzing trade-offs between performance, explainability, and ethical constraints, and exploring the role of interdisciplinary collaboration in effectively managing and mitigating AI risks. Participants will gain actionable insights on embedding responsible AI principles into the lifecycle of AI systems, fostering innovation and user trust and understanding critical skills and competencies required for practice.