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No Pilots. Few Air Traffic Controllers. What Could Go Wrong?

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Jeff Wise writes: On September 27, US transportation secretary Sean Duffy posted a video on X with the words “GAME CHANGER.” “Introducing ‘SMART’—the new air traffic management tool that saves YOU time, cuts back DELAYS, and makes your flying experience BETTER,” he wrote. This was a new AI-infused air traffic control system. Almost three weeks later, that post would get a new life, as a nervous joke, as the FAA issued a national groundstop on Fr…
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The US Introduced AI Technology Into Air Traffic Control Before the Flight Chaos

The US is struggling with an outdated air traffic control system that is being patched and repaired and is now being equipped with AI functions that will make things easier for air traffic controllers. “This time, it was fine to control the air traffic manually, but this shows how vulnerable it is to leave everything in the hands of technology,” says aviation expert Jan Ohlsson.

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No Pilots. Few Air Traffic Controllers. What Could Go Wrong?

Normally, aviation is slow to embrace new technology—but AI has come for the skies.

·San Francisco, United States
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Wired broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Saturday, November 14, 2026.
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