{"id":969957,"date":"2026-11-14T04:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T04:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/969957\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T04:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T04:12:10","slug":"faa-investigating-whether-new-ai-technology-contributed-to-nationwide-ground-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/969957\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA investigating whether new AI technology contributed to nationwide ground stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 Federal officials are investigating whether a newly announced artificial intelligence program may have played a role in the telecommunications issue that prompted a nationwide ground stop at U.S. airports Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">During a news conference in Washington, D.C., Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the Department of Homeland Security is working with other federal agencies to determine whether the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s new AI technology contributed to the disruption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Mullin stressed that there is no threat to the public, describing the situation as a telecommunications issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cThat\u2019s part of something that obviously through CISA at DHS we\u2019re taking a look,\u201d Mullin said. \u201cWe\u2019re working with our counterparts throughout all agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What is the FAA\u2019s new AI program?<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The investigation comes as the FAA rolls out a new artificial intelligence system called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/sites\/dot.gov\/files\/2026-09\/SMART%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/sites\/dot.gov\/files\/2026-09\/SMART%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf\">Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes and Trajectories (SMART)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The Transportation Department describes the technology as an advanced air traffic management tool designed to use real-time information, including weather conditions, airport congestion and flight paths, to help adjust and streamline routes for pilots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The system is designed to improve efficiency and reduce delays. The FAA began its initial rollout in September, with plans to expand its use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">According to information presented during the news conference, FAA specialists are expected to remain involved in operating and overseeing the system during its rollout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Mullin said federal officials are examining whether the new technology had any connection to Friday\u2019s telecommunications disruption. However, officials have not established that the AI system caused the problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The FAA has said technicians are investigating the communications failure affecting air traffic control centers nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Federal officials are investigating whether a newly announced artificial intelligence program may have played a role&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":969958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[62,276,277,49,48,13072,44376,25041,61,900],"class_list":["post-969957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-faa","tag-ground","tag-stop","tag-technology","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=969957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/969958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=969957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=969957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=969957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}