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TechCrunch May 22, 2026 at 23:03 Startups Rising Hot

AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots

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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May 22, 2026 at 23:03 TechCrunch

AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots

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

May 22, 2026 at 22:57 Hacker News

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May 22, 2026 at 19:39 Ars Technica

US scrambles to stop Internet users re-creating dead pilots’ voices

Workaround flouts law that bans NTSB disclosures of cockpit audio recordings.

May 22, 2026 at 16:51 Ars Technica

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