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It’s all fun and games until the majority of your workforce suddenly becomes AI builders—and needs new and improved guardrails to prevent security havoc.

That’s the predicament faced by numerous companies thanks to the rise of vibe coding, and retail giant Walmart is no exception.

All in on AI. Walmart has been gearing up its workforce for the AI era. During a June 3 press briefing at its annual Associates Week, Walmart Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer Suresh Kumar said associates are now leveraging AI tools like Code Puppy, Walmart’s internal vibe-coding platform.

“Right now, we have as many non-technical associates who are now able to do things that require technology as we have engineers,” Kumar said. The retailer also announced the general availability of its OpenAI certification program to US associates to bolster AI literacy across its workforce.

Code better.—BM

☕ More vibe coders, more problems?