An AI system used in parole decisions is challenged in court because it cannot provide the basis for individual recommendations. Which AI ethics principle is MOST at stake?

B is correct because the inability to explain the basis for individual parole decisions violates the explicability principle: individuals facing consequential decisions have a right to understand the reasons for those decisions. In criminal justice contexts, this is also a due process concern. While fairness (A) may also be at issue, the challenge described specifically concerns the inability to explain individual decisions. Privacy (C) and beneficence (D) are ethics principles but are not the focus of the court challenge described.