Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos talks with The Verge’s Walt Mossberg about the “gigantic” potential of artificial intelligence to change everything from shopping to self-driving cars.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
Jeff Bezos thinks we need to build industrial zones in space in order to save Earth
Asa MathatElon Musk wants us to build human colonies on Mars. Jeff Bezos has a slightly more measured take.
Onstage at the Code Conference on Tuesday, the Amazon founder and CEO said that we have to start bringing parts of the industrial economy to space in order “to save Earth.”
Read Article >Here’s why Amazon isn’t selling Apple TV and Google Chromecast streaming products
Back in October, Amazon made a bold move. It booted two products — the Apple TV and Google Chromecast streaming devices — that compete with Amazon’s streaming device from its online store.
Asked why, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wouldn’t answer directly. “Private business discussions should stay private,” he said at the Code Conference on Tuesday evening.
Read Article >Jeff Bezos insists Amazon isn’t trying to kill UPS
Asa MathatAmazon is taking more control over how a package lands on your doorstep, but the company isn’t trying to destroy UPS, CEO Jeff Bezos said at the Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., on Tuesday evening.
Industry experts have reason to be suspicious. The e-commerce giant has recently starting leasing airplanes and buying up truck trailers. The goal, however, is to simply supplement the delivery capabilities of U.S. Postal Service and UPS, but do so “heavily,” according to Bezos.
Read Article >Jeff Bezos on Gawker vs. Peter Thiel: ‘Develop a thick skin.’
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos controls one of the world’s biggest companies, but he also owns the Washington Post, one of the country’s most important papers, so his take on the battle between Gawker and venture capitalist Peter Thiel is incredibly relevant.
When Recode founding editor Walt Mossberg asked Bezos on Tuesday at the Code Conference if he believes someone like Thiel should be allowed to fund a lawsuit whose real aim is to put a publication out of business, Bezos responded succinctly: “I don’t.”
Read Article >Jeff Bezos says more than 1,000 people are working on Amazon Echo and Alexa
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is very bullish on his company’s artificial intelligence push. So bullish, in fact, that Amazon has invested four years of research into its key project in AI — and stacked that project with a sizable staff.
Bezos said at the Code Conference that the team on Alexa, Amazon’s smart voice-assistant software, and Echo, its flagship device, is now more than 1,000 employees.
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