AI technology has been used to re-create the voices of pilots killed in a UPS plane crash, prompting the National Transportation Safety Board to restrict its docket system access.
They are using AI tools like Codex for this purpose
May 23, 2026
12:04 pm
What's the storyIn a shocking development, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the US temporarily suspended access to its docket system.
The move comes after it was found that the voices of pilots who died in a UPS plane crash last year had been recreated using artificial intelligence (AI) and were available online.
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