AI may have just found its biggest believer yet. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made waves at a recent workforce conference with a bold prediction: “AI is going to change literally every job.”

Walmart, which employs roughly 2.1 million people worldwide, says it expects to keep that number steady over the next three years—even as its revenue grows. In an interview with the Associated Press, CEO Doug McMillon acknowledged the full impact of AI on jobs is still unclear, but suggested that corporate roles may see the earliest shifts, while customer-facing positions will likely evolve more slowly over time.

That’s led to some job losses in areas like back-office ops, while creating new needs in high-touch roles like delivery, tech support, and in-store services.

He was definitely clear about one thing: Walmart still wants real employees serving real customers, saying, “until we’re serving humanoid robots and they have the ability to spend money, we’re serving people. We are going to put people in front of people.”

One of the clearest signs of where it’s all heading: Walmart just introduced a new role called an “agent builder”—a person tasked with creating internal AI tools for merchants and other teams. It’s a subtle but powerful sign that the boundary between retail and AI development is blurring fast.

Agent developers sit at the edge of this shift—not just coding apps or wiring up chatbots, but designing AI systems that think ahead, adapt in real time, and get things done with minimal hand-holding. They’re part AI architect, part internal entrepreneur, and part creative problem-solver reimagining how work gets done.

But you don’t need to be a hardcore engineer to be an agent developer: agent building is less about writing code and more about rethinking how work gets done. Sound exciting? Here’s a breakdown of the top platforms to help you get started.

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Anthropic just released its latest generative AI model, Claude Sonnet 4.5. Marketed as the “best coding model in the world,” it promises strong performance at computer tasks, at building complex agents, and can run continuously for up to 30 hours—so it can keep going on long tasks while you sleep. Even better, Anthropic says it reduces “concerning behaviors like sycophancy, deception, and power-seeking.” Hard to believe those needed to be patched out in the first place. No word yet on whether it avoids the hype gap that followed ChatGPT 5’s release.

Accenture is reshaping its workforce for the AI era by cutting employees it can’t retrain while continuing to invest heavily in AI talent. CEO Julie Sweet said the company’s top priority is upskilling, but workers who can’t transition to needed AI and data roles are being let go on a “compressed timeline.” Despite layoffs, Accenture says it will grow its AI, cloud, and data consulting workforce next year, after already doubling AI talent and training 550,000 staff in generative AI. In short, when your LLM melts down at 3 a.m., Accenture’s on speed dial.

AI trip planners like Wonderplan are helping millions plan their vacations. One survey estimates that 30% of international travelers heavily rely on generative AI to plan their long-awaited vacations. But not every itinerary is what it seems. From mystery destinations to unexpected detours, some travelers are learning the hard way why a little fact-checking goes a long way.

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OpenAI is rolling out two major upgrades that hint at where ChatGPT is headed: Instant Checkout for one-click shopping and Pulse, a feature that turns the chatbot into a proactive assistant.

➡️ Instant Checkout, launching first with Etsy and soon with over a million Shopify merchants, lets users buy products directly inside ChatGPT without ever leaving the app. It’s powered by OpenAI’s Agentic Commerce Protocol, built with Stripe, and could become a real revenue stream for the company.

➡️ Pulse is the potentially bigger (and more expensive) shift. Pulse runs asynchronous research overnight, blending your personal context with outside news to deliver tailored updates each morning, from key messages to meeting agendas to local news recommendations.

➡️ The Bottom Line: OpenAI seems to be steering ChatGPT beyond question-and-answer into a constant, personalized companion. It’s becoming more like a social feed, but one that works for you instead of just stealing your time.