Do AI and air traffic control mix? CEO addresses anxiety about new FAA tool

NPR News reports: Phillip Buckendorf, the CEO and cofounder of Air Space Intelligence, speaks at an economic forum earlier this year in Washington, D.C. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption The Federal Aviation Administration is betting on artificial intelligence as part of its ambitious overhaul of the nation's air traffic control system, but its rollout comes at a moment of rising public concern about the technology. The head of the company building the AI-assisted software for the federal agency emphasized that humans will still be making key air traffic control decisions. "I want to be very clear because this is important.

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