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Andy Jassy defends Amazon’s $200B AI investment in letter to shareholders

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​[[“value”:”The e-commerce giant’s CEO noted the dominance of brick-and-mortar retail despite decades of disruption, but sees that as a massive opportunity.”]] 

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