Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short | TechCrunch
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12:05 PM PDT · June 28, 2026
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Ford executives said they have hired 350 veteran engineers — some of them were former employees, while others had been working at suppliers — after artificial intelligence and automated systems failed to deliver the desired quality level.
Bloomberg reports the company’s chief operating officer Kumar Galhotra told journalists that Ford had been “relying more and more on automated quality systems” with disappointi...
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