{"id":238639,"date":"2026-06-29T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/ford-just-learned-ai-isnt-better-especially-when-it-comes-to-quality\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:30:16","slug":"ford-just-learned-ai-isnt-better-especially-when-it-comes-to-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/ford-just-learned-ai-isnt-better-especially-when-it-comes-to-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Just Learned AI Isn&#8217;t Better-Especially When It Comes To Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/autos.yahoo.com\/policy-and-environment\/articles\/ford-just-learned-ai-isnt-181900998.html\">Ford Just Learned AI Isn&#8217;t Better-Especially When It Comes To Quality<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/autos.yahoo.com\/policy-and-environment\/articles\/ford-just-learned-ai-isnt-181900998.html\">https:\/\/autos.yahoo.com\/policy-and-environment\/articles\/ford-just-learned-ai-isnt-181900998.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-29 14:19:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"autos.yahoo.com\">autos.yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sure, here are 6 key points summarizing the article about Ford&#8217;s AI initiatives and quality control:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Overreliance on AI<\/strong>: Ford has realized that automated quality systems and AI alone were not catching enough issues before reaching production, leading to a record stretch of recalls.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Hiring Experienced Engineers<\/strong>: To tackle this, Ford hired about 350 experienced engineers, many of whom were returning Ford veterans or supplier specialists, often referred to as &#8220;gray beard&#8221; engineers for their extensive knowledge.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Human Expertise vs. AI<\/strong>: Ford&#8217;s Vice President admitted the company overestimated AI&#8217;s capability independently to ensure product quality without human oversight.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Quality Improvement<\/strong>: By integrating experienced engineers&#8217; expertise alongside AI, Ford has seen improvements in product quality that significantly reduce warranty and recall costs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Recent Quality Achievements<\/strong>: The company recently topped J.D. Power\u2019s U.S. Initial Quality Study, marking a strong turn around from its previous issues with recalls and quality.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>The Role of Experience<\/strong>: Even with advanced AI, experiential knowledge based on real-world data remains crucial in preventing failures and ensuring superior vehicle quality.  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This combination has already resulted in significant cost savings and demonstrates the importance of blending AI with seasoned human expertise.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford Just Learned AI Isn&#8217;t Better-Especially When It Comes To Quality https:\/\/autos.yahoo.com\/policy-and-environment\/articles\/ford-just-learned-ai-isnt-181900998.html Publish Date: 2026-06-29&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/a9709f05c4639165a4ed35cb7083ddda67207e3bb965a3b40a636c5f3733d0bc\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w1200;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fautoguide_com_450%2Fed15ceb7599b30f9c494cd0177db5618","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238641,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238639\/revisions\/238641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}