Accessibility is becoming super important for AI agents, and this is great news for people with disabilities. When websites are built to work well with screen readers and special assistive technology, they also work much better with AI agents - the computer programs that can click buttons, fill out forms, and do tasks on websites by themselves.

Think of it like this: accessible websites have a special roadmap called the Accessibility Tree that tells screen readers what each button and link does. AI agents read this same roadmap. A big study found that websites following accessibility rules got 23% more traffic because search engines and AI systems could understand them better.

Companies around the world are now paying attention. Mastercard announced new tools to help businesses use AI agents, and other major companies like Amazon Web Services and NTT DATA in Japan are working together to help more companies use these AI tools safely. Companies are starting to understand that the same work that helps blind and visually impaired people also helps AI agents do their jobs better.

But there's a catch: companies are learning that building AI agents is actually the easy part - the hard part is keeping them safe and making sure they work correctly. Experts say that only about 19% of companies are actually watching and checking their AI agents carefully enough. As these AI agents become more common, businesses need to make sure they follow the rules and don't break things.