[Watcher Guru] JUST IN: DHS says it is looking into new $875 million AI traffic control system that has been rolling out nationwide as potential reason for failures leading to ground stop.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating whether a new $875 million AI air traffic control system, currently rolling out nationwide, contributed to the failures that triggered a ground stop. The system has been deployed across the country as part of a major modernization effort, and DHS is now examining whether its introduction is linked to the disruptions. The probe matters because it could determine whether the outage stems from the AI platform itself or from integration issues as the technology scales. What to watch next is whether DHS pins the failures on the system, which would raise questions about the pace of the nationwide rollout and the $875 million program's timeline.