Walmart's chief people officer uses AI to do everything from identifying job candidates to sourcing art (www.businessinsider.com)

Walmart’s chief people officer, Donna Morris, said she has been using generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity to help identify potential job candidates and to kick off targeted leadership searches, noting the “speed and ease” of surfacing people with the right backgrounds. She also described everyday uses—from restaurant and design recommendations to quickly researching medical symptoms—and highlighted that her AI-driven sourcing led to candidate suggestions that closely matched people the company had already considered. A Walmart spokesperson clarified this isn’t a formal, companywide sourcing practice, but it illustrates how senior HR leaders are experimenting with AI to augment traditional channels like LinkedIn. The remarks matter because they spotlight executive-level adoption of large-language-model tools in talent acquisition and employee development. Walmart is already investing in HR-focused AI, including an AI Interview Coach that simulates interviews and scores responses on clarity and structure, and plans to roll out a tailored OpenAI certification through Walmart Academy. Technical implications include faster candidate discovery and scaled interview prep, but also raise governance issues—accuracy, bias, privacy and the need for human oversight when AI influences hiring decisions. For AI/ML practitioners, this signals demand for reliable candidate-search prompts, transparent scoring metrics, bias mitigation, and secure integrations with HR workflows.