News Summary

• Ford CEO Jim Farley said the "first inning" of the AI boom has had very different effects on vocational work and informational work.
• The automaker has more than 10,000 skilled-trades workers in the US, representing roughly 20% of the company's 56,000 UAW employees.
• Ford's massive megacasting machines for its coming Fathom electric pickup require workers with software and fluid-dynamics expertise.
• Stanley Black & Decker CEO Chris Nelson said electricians have become a bottleneck for data-center construction.