FAA Investigating Whether New AI Technology Contributed to Nationwide Ground Stop
Officials said the FAA has not linked the outage to SMART, its new air traffic system designed to cut delays and improve efficiency.
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BizTocFAA SMART AI system vendor and Microsoft both say ground stop isn't their fault
Passengers wait inside Dulles International Airport in Virginia after the FAA grounded flights nationwide.Daniel Heuer/ReutersAuthorities are investigating the cause of the major FAA outage.Air Space Intelligence, the company behind the FAA's new SMART system, said it wasn't their faultMicrosoft wrote that its products weren't involved either.What caused the nationwide plane chaos?Microsoft and the company behind the FAA's new AI-powered SMART s…
At 9:53 p.m., chaos broke out. Last night, an investigation was underway into whether AI could be behind the flight suspension in the United States. “We're looking into it,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told CNN.
"You Can't Rule Out Anything": Mullin Refuses to Clear the FAA's New AI Tool as Ground Stop Investigation Unfolds
The FAA deployed its SMART advisory system to all 22 air-route control centers three days before a nationwide ground stop, prompting scrutiny despite no confirmed link.
Is the ground stop related to the FAA's new air traffic AI?
The FAA's SMART AI is designed to help reroute flights. For only the third time in U.S. history, the Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) has issued a nationwide ground stop of all flights. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy confirmed the ground stop at 4:16 p.m. ET. More than 2,000 flights have already been affected and flights into the U.S. …
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