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AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots

TechCrunch AI Kirsten Korosec May 22, 2026
AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots
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# AI Voice Reconstruction Forces FAA Safety Records Offline Researchers used artificial intelligence to recreate the voices of deceased pilots by analyzing old cockpit recordings, which raised serious privacy concerns and prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to temporarily shut down public access to its accident investigation files. The incident highlights an emerging tension: the same AI technology that can reconstruct audio from minimal data could potentially be misused to create fake recordings or violate the privacy of people involved in accidents. The agency's response underscores how quickly AI capabilities are outpacing the safeguards we have in place to protect sensitive information.

People used AI on a spectrogram image of cockpit recordings to reconstruct them, forcing the NTSB to temporarily block access to its docket system.

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