House Democrats seek GAO review of FAA's AI air traffic tool

Twenty-three Democratic members of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure have asked the Government Accountability Office to review a new artificial intelligence-driven air traffic management tool being introduced by the Federal Aviation Administration.

The request, made in an Oct. 13 letter, cites concerns about the tool's reliability and what the lawmakers describe as its potential to hallucinate safety-critical information.

The lawmakers want the government watchdog to take a closer look at the system as the FAA rolls it out. No further details of the letter were available in the source material.