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    <periodOfReport>2023-01-03</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>ATI INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ATI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Davis Elliot S</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ATI INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>116 15TH STREET, SUITE 301</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PITTSBURGH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>15222</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Legal &amp; Compl. Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Award of restricted stock units, which are settled in shares of stock upon vesting.  The award vests in three equal annual installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Awarded under ATI's 2022 Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Shares withheld for payment of taxes on restricted stock units awarded on January 4, 2021. One-third of such restricted stock units vested by their terms on January 4, 2023.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents the average of the high and low trading prices for one share of the Issuer's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (&quot;NYSE&quot;) on January 4, 2023.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Shares withheld for payment of taxes on restricted stock units awarded on January 4, 2022. One-third of such restricted stock units vested by their terms on January 4, 2023.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Elliot S. Davis</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-01-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
