Walmart's Secret Sauce: How AI Slashed Costs 30 Percent While Target Rolled Out Store Spies in 2000 Locations

Walmart's Secret Sauce: How AI Slashed Costs 30 Percent While Target Rolled Out Store Spies in 2000 Locations

Published: January 11, 2026

Duration: 4:03

This is you Applied AI Daily: Machine Learning & Business Applications podcast.

Applied AI is moving from pilot experiments to hard business results, and the next twenty four hours will be shaped less by hype and more by execution. McKinsey’s latest global survey on artificial intelligence reports that roughly seventy percent of companies now use artificial intelligence in at least one business function, and more than ninety percent of those capturing value report measurable revenue lift or cost savings. National University highlights that over half of companies plan to expand artificial intelligence adoption, with executives prioritizing core operations, ma...