Ford had to hire back former engineers to fix mistakes made by its automated systems (opens original article in a new tab)

Ford had to rehire experienced engineers to address quality issues caused by flawed automated systems, while implementing new preventive quality control measures and expanding AI testing capabilities.

• Ford hired back over 350 former engineers to fix issues with automated systems
• Ford's AI systems had quality issues due to insufficient data and lack of institutional knowledge
• Ford is shifting from 'find and fix' to preventive quality control approaches
• Ford expanded automated testing with 100,000 AI-powered tests to identify edge cases