Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short; Rocket Lab continues its buying spree; and why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia episode artwork

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Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short; Rocket Lab continues its buying spree; and why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia

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Ford execs said, "mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.” Also, the all-stock deal values Iridium at $8 billion, and gives Rocket Lab even more firepower to compete against Amazon and SpaceX. Plus, eager to find more public AI-related companies that may do as well as Nvidia, Wall Street investors think they've found a winner with Micron. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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