FCC's AI Voice Ban Creates Headache for Crash Investigators

The FCC's 2024 ban on AI-generated voice calls aims to stop fraud, but it has exposed a blind spot: modern aircraft increasingly use synthetic voice alerts. The NTSB's tools for analyzing cockpit voice recordings cannot yet reliably tell real voices from AI-generated ones. As cockpits adopt more voice synthesis, aviation investigators must develop new ways to verify which voices are authentic—critical for accident investigations.