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NTSB · NTSB-0002 · record R0084

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National Transportation Safety Board · NTSB

Overview

Development stage
In development or acquisitionSource: a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.
High-impact designation
Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
Impact justification
Not reported
Start date
Not reported
Withheld from public reporting
NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area
Service Delivery
Operational functions
No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Identifying relevent information in extensive library of historic accident investigation reports, evidence, and safety recommendations

Expected benefits

Improved search for potentially relevant safety information

System outputs

Natural language reponse to queries with links to authoritative source documents

Technology

AI classification
Natural language processingSource: Natural Language Processing: AI that processes, interprets, and shares information in human language.
System name(s)
Not reported
Custom-developed code
Not reported
Public source code
Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built
Contract and in-houseSource: c) Developed with both contracting and in-house resources
Vendor (as reported)
Azure AI
Vendors (standardized)
Microsoft

A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.

Data and privacy

Involves PII
Not reported
Privacy Impact Assessment
Not reported
Authorization to Operate
No
Demographic features
Not reported
Training and evaluation data
Not reported
Federal Data Catalog
Not reported

Governance

0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.

Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported
AI impact assessmentNo answer reported
Independent reviewNo answer reported
Ongoing monitoringNo answer reported
Operator trainingNo answer reported
Fail-safeNo answer reported
Appeal processNo answer reported
User and public consultationNo answer reported

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported