Walmart tries to persuade staff AI will ‘improve jobs, not replace them’

Walmart has moved to reassure its 2.1m employees that artificial intelligence will improve their roles, rather than threaten them, as it accelerates its use of AI across the business.
The US giant, which is the country’s largest private sector employer, used its annual Associates Week gathering in Arkansas to set out how AI is being used across areas including product design, logistics, store operations and customer service.
The company also announced that any US member of staff can now be