Walmart CEO on AI: "Every job we've got is going to change"

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon says the world's largest retailer is going "on offense" with artificial intelligence — reshaping work, leadership and purpose for 2.1 million employees.

Why it matters: AI will create as many new roles as it replaces, McMillon said Monday — if workers are trained, trusted and equipped to use it.

"Every job we've got is going to change in some way — whether it's getting the shopping carts off the parking lot, or the way our technologists work, or certainly the way leadership roles change," he said at a Harvard Business Review event...