Lawmakers Ask FAA to Pause Use of New AI Tool in DC-Area Flight Management

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• More than two dozen US lawmakers sent a letter Tuesday, October 13, asking the FAA to pause a new AI tool being piloted to assist air traffic controllers in the Washington, DC area, according to Reuters via Investing.com. The tool's name and specific functions were not detailed in the report.
• The lawmakers said they had not seen safety evaluation and testing reports for the tool, nor heard of efforts to train aviation safety personnel on how to use it. Signatories named in the report included Democratic Representatives April Delaney, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Don Beyer.

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