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Not long ago I received a trend summary titled “The Spread of AI-Based Accessibility Standards.” Its first line said “W3C’s ARIA-AI Framework discussions are underway.” I went looking, and there’s no such standard. The only places that name appeared were auto-generated posts without a single W3C link. AI and accessibility really have come together, though. Not in standards, though. In tools. OpenAI’s developer FAQ for its AI browser, ChatGPT Atlas, says: “Making your website more accessible helps ChatGPT Agent in Atlas understand it better.” ...

Not many people go back and recalculate the numbers in a report. I didn’t either. When I wrote up the WebAIM Million 2026 report this past July, I copied one line straight into the post: “average of 1,437 elements per home page, up 22.5% in a single year.” Then, while researching a follow-up post, I looked up last year’s figure: 1,257. Going from 1,257 to 1,437 is 14.3%, not 22.5%. I asked WebAIM, and they confirmed it was a calculation error and corrected the original text. ...