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Room to Disagree

A framework for designing and testing the interfaces through which people oversee AI systems. Five capabilities mapped to Article 14(4) of the AI Act, one condition underneath all five, and a behavioural test that measures whether the oversight you have documented actually happens.

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Why accessibility overlays are now a bigger legal risk than doing nothing

Overlay widgets promise compliance in one line of JavaScript. The evidence points the other way — they attract complaints, and they make the underlying problems harder to find.

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Nobody buys an accessibility audit. They buy the report.

The testing is the easy part. What clients actually pay for is a document their team can act on — and that is where most audits fall down.

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GEO just became a budget line describing accessibility

Structured, machine-readable content is what AI engines cite. It is also, almost line for line, what accessibility has been asking teams to do for years.

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The machines can’t cite what they can’t identify

AI engines cite what they can name with confidence. If your content doesn’t make its entities explicit, it doesn’t get quoted — however good it is.

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The EAA, one year on: enforcement arrived — just not from who you expected

Twelve months after the deadline, most of the pressure is not coming from regulators. It is coming from procurement, customers and competitors.

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Πρόστιμα EAA στην Ελλάδα: τι λέει πραγματικά ο ν. 4994/2022

Ποιος ελέγχει τι, γιατί το άρθρο 26 δεν αναφέρει κανένα ποσό και τι εκθέτει πραγματικά τα e-shops και τις επιχειρήσεις.

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What most teams misunderstand about the European Accessibility Act

A few alt-text fixes don't make you compliant. What the EAA actually asks of digital teams — and how to get ready.

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Accessibility debt and hidden costs

How delaying inclusive design quietly erodes product quality, user trust and revenue — and what it costs to catch up.

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How to run a UX audit in under 2 hours

A practical, repeatable process for designers who want a fast, no-fluff way to evaluate a product and prioritise fixes.

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Why design systems are the only investment that gets cheaper as AI gets smarter

After 18 years and six enterprise rollouts, why design systems are a smarter bet than ever in the age of AI.

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The myth of the “average user”

We keep designing for someone who doesn't actually exist. A case for designing to the edges instead of the mythical average.

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I built a Figma plugin to audit my own team's work

What 235 unnamed layers taught me about the gap between having design standards and actually keeping them.

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