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58% 1 min readJun 25, 2026, 12:00 PM

Ford had to hire back former engineers to fix mistakes made by its automated systems

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To celebrate its new status as No. 1 in JD Power's initial quality ranking among mainstream automakers, Ford is opening up about the challenges it has faced in recent years, especially around its reliance on automated systems in production and design. It turns out that those automated systems were not as robust as previously assumed, requiring Ford to hire experienced technicians - sometimes bringing back former employees - to correct errors made by the company's robots. In Ford's view, AI is both powerful and prone to pitfalls. Its effectiveness depends entirely on the quality of the data us

Ford had to hire back former engineers to fix mistakes made by its automated systems
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To celebrate its new status as No. 1 in JD Power's initial quality ranking among mainstream automakers, Ford is opening up about the challenges it has faced in recent years, especially around its reliance on automated systems in production and design. It turns out that those automated systems were not as robust as previously assumed, requiring Ford to hire experienced technicians - sometimes bringing back former employees - to correct errors made by the company's robots.

In Ford's view, AI is both powerful and prone to pitfalls. Its effectiveness depends entirely on the quality of the data us

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