The United States can’t actualize its moonshot AI goals if it’s lacking key workers to bolster the infrastructure necessary to build the technology, according to Ford CEO Jim Farley.
With AI predicted to balloon to a $4.8 trillion market by 2033, Farley warned the U.S. has overlooked the labor needed to build and sustain data centers and manufacturing facilities. While President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs to revive factory jobs, in U.S. manufacturing, recruitment and retention problems remain.
