Abstract
AI systems are gaining widespread adoption across various sectors and domains. Creating high-quality AI system requirements is crucial for aligning the AI system with business goals and consumer values and for social responsibility. However, with the uncertain nature of AI systems and the heavy reliance on sensitive data, more research is needed to address the elicitation and analysis of AI systems requirements. With the proprietary nature of many AI systems, there is a lack of open-source requirements artifacts and technical requirements documents for AI systems, limiting broader research and investigation. With Large Language Models (LLMs) emerging as a promising alternative to human-generated text, this paper investigates the potential use of LLMs to generate user stories for AI systems based on abstracts from scholarly papers. We conducted an empirical evaluation using three LLMs and generated 1260 user stories from 42 abstracts from 26 domains. We assess their quality using the Quality User Story (QUS) framework. Moreover, we identify relevant non-functional requirements (NFRs) and ethical principles. Our analysis demonstrates that the investigated LLMs can generate user stories inspired by the needs of various stakeholders, offering a promising approach for generating user stories for research purposes and for aiding in the early requirements elicitation phase of AI systems. We have compiled and curated a collection of stories generated by various LLMs into a dataset (UStAI), which is now publicly available for use.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | PROMISE 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 21st International Conference on Predictive Models and Data Analytics in Software Engineering |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc |
| Pages | 21-30 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9798400715945 |
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| State | Published - 26 Jun 2025 |
| Event | 21st International Conference on Predictive Models and Data Analytics in Software Engineering, PROMISE 2025 , co-located with the International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering, FSE 2025 - Trondheim, Norway Duration: 26 Jun 2025 → … |
Publication series
| Name | PROMISE 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 21st International Conference on Predictive Models and Data Analytics in Software Engineering |
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Conference
| Conference | 21st International Conference on Predictive Models and Data Analytics in Software Engineering, PROMISE 2025 , co-located with the International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering, FSE 2025 |
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| Country/Territory | Norway |
| City | Trondheim |
| Period | 26/06/25 → … |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- User stories
- large language models
- quality requirements
- requirements elicitation
- requirements generation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science Applications
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computational Theory and Mathematics