The field of artificial intelligence is moving towards increased transparency and accountability, with a focus on explainable AI (XAI) and efficient computing. Recent developments have led to the creation of novel frameworks and techniques that enable real-time outcome interpretations, energy-efficient hardware acceleration, and improved model interpretability. These advancements have significant implications for various applications, including edge devices, medical diagnosis, and safety-critical systems. Notably, the integration of XAI with approximate computing techniques has shown promising results, achieving improved energy efficiency while maintaining comparable accuracy. Noteworthy papers include ApproXAI, which proposes a framework for energy-efficient XAI using approximate computing, and EPSILON, which introduces a lightweight framework for adaptive fault mitigation in approximate deep neural networks. Additionally, the Dynamic Contextual Attention Network (DCAN) and eNCApsulate demonstrate innovative approaches to transforming spatial representations into adaptive insights for endoscopic polyp diagnosis and precision diagnosis on capsule endoscopes, respectively.