Ford rehired 350 engineers because AI couldn't reach the desired quality checks.
Those engineers will train younger employees and AI.
Ford will still invest heavily in AI quality checks.
After setting the record for most recalls ever in 2025, Ford needs all the help it can get in the quality control department. Perhaps that's why a new Bloomberg report claims that the automaker hired 350 veteran engineers, some of whom were former employees, after artificial intelligence was unable to meet predicted quality control levels.
"Mistakenly, we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that would produce a high-quality product," said Charles Poon, vice president of vehicle hardware engineering. "Over prior years, we didn't pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers who have been with us through many product cycles."
