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AI's time to shine as manufacturers respond to shocks
Even the most skilled inspector might have an off day. Here it can be useful to outsource mundane or mechanical tasks to'intelligent' machines. Poorly defined quality-control procedures were blamed for one of the most extensive automotive parts recalls in history, involving the airbag manufacturer Takata. The firm's inflators, which contained the chemical ammonium nitrate, were found to be unsafe – leading 19 US carmakers to recall 69m of the products. Similar recalls were issued in Japan, China and Oceania.