BSHeadline Over Filing

Timing, not a cause

DHS is looking. Nothing in the record says the AI did it.

“The FAA's new AI air traffic tool, SMART, may have caused the 13 November nationwide ground stop.”

Futurism headline and social posts, after DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said DHS was looking at the tool, 13 November 2026

16 receipts2 support3 refute11 context

Issue 6914 November 20263 min

People blame a robot helper while a technician finds a broken phone cable behind them. — AI illustration

DHS says it is looking, but KPRC reports officials have not established the AI caused it.

22FAA centers SMART was expanded to on 10 November

180flights the FAA says SMART helped reroute since 21 September

90 minuteslength of the previous nationwide stop on 11 January 2023

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Say this in tomorrow's meeting“DHS is checking the FAA's AI tool, but the FAA cited a telecoms outage and nobody has shown the AI caused the stop.”

Receipts

Supports futurism.com: Entire US Airspace Shut Down Days After the FAA Rolled Out an AI Air Traffic Tool. Was It a Coincidence?
Supports click2houston.com: the Department of Homeland Security is working with other federal agencies to determine whether the Federal Aviation Administration’s new AI technology contributed to the disruption.
Refutes click2houston.com: However, officials have not established that the AI system caused the problem.
Refutes futurism.com: The current ground stop is not based on or a result of the SMART system,
Context scientificamerican.com: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cited a “temporary telecommunications outage,”
Context scientificamerican.com: CBS News reported that a software update to the private communications system may have triggered a system-wide reboot, causing it to crash.
Context scientificamerican.com: The FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure is managed by L3Harris,
Context futurism.com: following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers,
Context arstechnica.com: the FAA will now use SMART in the airspace of all 22 centers across the country
Context arstechnica.com: cannot be used to replace the critical role air traffic controllers play or take over control of an aircraft,
Context arstechnica.com: Local air traffic controllers can decide whether or not to accept the SMART system recommendations.
Context arstechnica.com: has helped reroute 180 flights since being implemented in airspace over Washington, DC, on September 21.
Context scientificamerican.com: The last time the FAA stopped flights was for 90 minutes on January 11, 2023,
Context click2houston.com: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the Department of Homeland Security is working with other federal agencies
Context futurism.com: Secretary of transportation Sean Duffy tweeted that the ground stop is
Refutes futurism.com: The government contractor behind SMART, Air Space Intelligence, quickly denied that the ground stop is in any way connected to its tool.

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The claim
Made by Futurism headline and social posts, after DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said DHS was looking at the tool, quoted under the ruling.
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- Context11
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- 22FAA centers SMART was expanded to on 10 November · receipt 9
- 180flights the FAA says SMART helped reroute since 21 September · receipt 12
- 90 minuteslength of the previous nationwide stop on 11 January 2023 · receipt 13
The ruling
BSHeadline Over Filing not supported by its own sources.

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