Ford thought AI could replace this job. Now it’s bringing experienced workers back.

The automaker says experienced engineers helped improve vehicle quality after automated inspection systems fell short.

Ford Motor Company’s Dearborn, Michigan plant in 1954. [Source Photo: Getty Images]

Ford says that it rehired hundreds of auto industry veterans after realizing that an overreliance on AI caused some expensive headaches at the company.

The carmaker folded 350 “gray beard” engineers into its workforce over the last three years, including many former Ford workers who were hired to troubleshoot the company’s infamous........

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