# Ford rehires hundreds of "graybeard" engineers after AI shortcomings > Source: > Published: 2026-06-28 18:33:00+00:00 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) The 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).