{"slug": "ford-rehires-hundreds-of-graybeard-engineers-after-ai-shortcomings", "title": "Ford rehires hundreds of \"graybeard\" engineers after AI shortcomings", "summary": "Ford Motor Company rehired 350 veteran engineers, dubbed \"graybeards,\" after an AI-powered quality inspection system failed to meet expectations, contradicting CEO Jim Farley's earlier prediction that AI would eliminate half of white-collar jobs.", "body_md": "Last year, Ford CEO Jim Farley said that AI would eliminate half of white-collar jobs. This year, Ford [brought back 350 veteran techs after an AI-powered system failed to deliver](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-25/ford-has-been-rehiring-quality-inspectors-after-ai-fell-short) the results executives expected. Internally they are called \"[graybeard](https://gist.github.com/lenards/3739917)\" engineers, presumably in honor of the ancient wisdom and grizzled experience that no software can yet replace. — [Read the rest ](https://boingboing.net/2026/06/28/ford-brings-back-the-graybeard-engineers-after-ai-shortcomings.html)\n\nThe post [Ford rehires hundreds of \"graybeard\" engineers after AI shortcomings](https://boingboing.net/2026/06/28/ford-brings-back-the-graybeard-engineers-after-ai-shortcomings.html) appeared first on [Boing Boing](https://boingboing.net).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ford-rehires-hundreds-of-graybeard-engineers-after-ai-shortcomings", "canonical_source": "https://boingboing.net/2026/06/28/ford-brings-back-the-graybeard-engineers-after-ai-shortcomings.html", "published_at": "2026-06-28 18:33:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-29 03:03:18.867188+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Ford Motor Company", "Jim Farley", "Boing Boing"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ford-rehires-hundreds-of-graybeard-engineers-after-ai-shortcomings", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ford-rehires-hundreds-of-graybeard-engineers-after-ai-shortcomings.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ford-rehires-hundreds-of-graybeard-engineers-after-ai-shortcomings.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ford-rehires-hundreds-of-graybeard-engineers-after-ai-shortcomings.jsonld"}}