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Full video: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at Code 2016

The Washington Post owner talks a big game about defending the media.

Asa Mathat

At the 2016 Code Conference, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos talked with The Verge’s Walt Mossberg about the “gigantic” potential of artificial intelligence to change everything from shopping to self-driving cars. Here’s the full video of the interview.

And via our podcast Recode Replay, here is the full audio of Bezos’s appearance:

Bezos also discussed his purchase of the Washington Post in 2013, which he says is transforming from a local to a global institution. He explained why he opposes both Peter Thiel’s campaign against Gawker Media and Donald Trump’s attempts to “freeze or chill” press scrutiny.

Plus: Bezos’s other company, Blue Origin, is trying to lower the cost of entrepreneurship in space.

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This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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