Grounded jets, Microsoft outage, AI chaos make some wonder

Grounded jets, Microsoft outage, AI chaos make some wonder

By Tim Sullivan
Publication Date: 2026-11-15 05:16:00

After the Silicon Valley chaos spurred by reports of an AI billionaire’s affair with a suspected Chinese spy and the Microsoft outage that upended millions of workers’ days, Friday’s air travel ground stop across the U.S. had many people feeling that something was up.