Web Accessibility Vendors Allegedly Falsely Claimed to Provide Compliance Using AI

November 21, 2021

AI-powered web accessibility vendors have been accused of overstating the effectiveness of their products in ensuring compliance for people with disabilities, making false promises about automated solutions.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.719, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
GOVERN 6.1 — similarity 0.702, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 4.2 — similarity 0.701, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: accessibe, accessus.ai, allyable, userway, maxaccess.io
Alleged developer: accessibe, accessus.ai, allyable, userway, maxaccess.io
Alleged harmed parties: internet-users-with-disabilities, web-accessibility-vendors'-customers

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/148

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