Ford rehires 350 engineers after AI fails to preserve expertise or train juniors

Ford is rehiring three hundred fifty quality inspectors and engineers, just months after replacing them with AI systems. According to Bloomberg, the automated systems fell short of expectations — they couldn't preserve the institutional knowledge of experienced engineers or effectively train junior staff. The company is bringing the human expertise back in-house, signaling that at least in manufacturing quality control, AI still needs human oversight to get it right.

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