The NTSB tries to keep cockpit audio recordings private. AI is making that harder
The NTSB is facing challenges in keeping cockpit audio recordings private due to advances in artificial intelligence. After an incident involving the reconstruction of audio from a crash investigation, the agency temporarily removed public access to its investigation documents. The NTSB is now reviewing its procedures to enhance safeguards against unauthorized audio reconstruction.
- ▪The NTSB temporarily pulled down public documents for thousands of investigations after cockpit audio was reconstructed from published spectrograms.
- ▪AI advancements have made it easier to recreate audio from digital images, complicating the NTSB's efforts to keep recordings private.
- ▪The NTSB has restored access to most public dockets but continues to review 41 dockets for additional safeguards.
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National The NTSB tries to keep cockpit audio recordings private. AI is making that harder May 30, 20266:00 AM ET Joel Rose Chris Babcock, an engineer at the National Transportation Safety Board, in one of the audition rooms at the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Joel Rose/NPR hide caption toggle caption Joel Rose/NPR WASHINGTON — What began as an inquiry into a mysterious sound in the background of an airplane cockpit voice recording escalated into an unexpected challenge for the nation's top safety investigators.
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