3/22/2026 at 3:45:59 PM
Its not that Walmart abandoned AI, it just swapped out OpenAI's chatbot for its own.by cf100clunk
3/22/2026 at 5:25:28 PM
Which is potentially powered by ChatGPT according to the article?by brianwawok
3/22/2026 at 6:46:02 PM
> Which is potentially powered by ChatGPTIt’s not. It’s distributed through ChatGPT and Claude. But Sparky is Walmart’s kit.
by JumpCrisscross
3/22/2026 at 8:02:15 PM
Well, they seem to be using 3rd party LLMs for websearch.by hooloovoo_zoo
3/22/2026 at 8:03:11 PM
It sounds more like they probably have some kind of generic prompt that runs on top of either platform to "be" "Sparky" to provide Walmart sales and advertising on top.I wonder if this is so Walmart can sell the advertising for products inside Sparky from their own platform (Walmart Connect) and then run the Connect ads onwards 'inside' Sparky.
See also: https://www.walmartconnect.com/resources/articles/2025/the-n...
by kotaKat