DOT · DOT-1000055 · record R1249
Civil Aviation Registry Electronic Services (CARES) LLM Document Search
Department of Transportation · FAA AVS
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
- 2024-07-26 (day precision)Source: 07/26/2024 12:00:00 AM
- Withheld from public reporting
- NoSource: a) No
Mission
- Topic area
- Transportation
- Operational functions
- Chatbot or virtual assistant Derived by keyword rules; see methodology
Problem the AI is intended to solve
CARES will use AI (Azure chatbot) to scan thousands of pages and generate an accurate answer. The benefits will be a faster and deeper understanding of the business requirements so the FAA can speed up our development.
Expected benefits
Not reported
System outputs
The Azure chatbot will find the information requested and output the information in a clear, easy to understand answer.
Technology
- AI classification
- Generative AISource: Generative AI: AI that generates new or synthetic content (e.g., images, videos, audio, text, code).
- System name(s)
- Not reported
- Custom-developed code
- No
- 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)
- Not reported
- Vendors (standardized)
- None on the standard list
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
- No
- Authorization to Operate
- Yes
- Demographic features
- Not reported
- Training and evaluation data
- Chabot utilizes OpenAI GPT models within the FAA security boundary via the FAA's subscription to Azure. OpenAI GPT models within the FAA's subscription on Azure do not retain user data and do not use user data to train their models.
- 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