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2025 | Volume 4, Issue 1
Arti昀椀cial Intelligence Survey of Laboratories,
Inspection Agencies, Certi昀椀cation Bodies
By Alberto Herrera, Greg West, and Laura Uraine
Earlier this year, the International Accreditation Service
(IAS) conducted a short, anonymous survey to assess
awareness, usage, and attitudes toward Arti昀椀cial
Intelligence (AI) among conformity assessment bodies.
The survey was sent to more than 1,000 IAS customers,
including testing and calibration laboratories, inspection
agencies, certi昀椀cation bodies, and others.
Summary of Responses:
Conformity assessment bodies that responded to
the survey came mainly from these three types of
agencies: inspection agencies (14.71%), testing and
calibration laboratories (23.53%), and the greater
number from certi昀椀cation bodies (58.82%), and only
2.94% from other agencies.
The survey questions covered topics such as which
IAS accreditation program the customer participates
in, familiarity with AI, frequency of AI use in their work,
and level of concern about AI use within the industry.
The responses provided valuable insight into how AI is
currently being utilized by IAS-accredited organizations.
Q2 How familiar are you with AI?
This article presents the overall survey results, along
with a breakdown by respondent group (inspection
agencies, laboratories, certi昀椀cation bodies, and others)
to allow for comparison across sectors.
The following tables show the combined responses of
all participants. A separate breakdown by respondent
group follows each table, along with a brief analysis and
summary. Respondents were allowed to select more
than one response per question.
Q1 Which of the following programs is your
company accredited for?
Answered: 34 Skipped: 0
Extremely
familiar
Very familiar
Somewhat
familiar
Not so
familiar
Not at all
familiar
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Inspection agencies:
0% Extremely familiar
20% Very familiar
40% Somewhat familiar
40% Not so familiar
0% Not at all familiar
Testing and calibration laboratories:
None of the
above
12.5% Extremely familiar
37.5% Very familiar
25% Somewhat familiar
25% Not so familiar
0% Not at all familiar
Laboratory
Inspection
Agency
Certi昀椀cation bodies:
Certification
Body
Other
(Reference Material
Testing Provider,
Proficiency Testing
Providers, Validation and
Verification Bodies)
0%
Answered: 34 Skipped: 0
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
ANSWER CHOICES
RESPONSES
None of the above
0.00%
Laboratory
23.53%
Inspection Agency
14.71%
Certi昀椀cation Body
58.82%
Other (Reference Material Testing Provider, Pro昀椀ciency
Testing Providers, Validation and Veri昀椀cation Bodies)
2.94%
20% Extremely familiar
25% Very familiar
35% Somewhat familiar
20% Not so familiar
0% Not at all familiar
Other:
0% Extremely familiar
0% Very familiar
100% Somewhat familiar
0% Not so familiar
0% Not at all familiar
70%
80%
90%
100%
