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Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks with The Verge's Walt Mossberg about why Google thinks it can beat Apple, Amazon and Microsoft to make artificial intelligence easier and more helpful for every consumer. He says Google wants to offer smarter privacy controls, so that users might save certain types of conversations forever and wipe others off the record. Plus: Pichai adds that the company is investing more into its flagship Nexus devices for the Android operating system, but will not make its own smartphone without an OEM partner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how her company is rethinking its place in the tech world, 105 years after its founding. She explains what IBM has learned from a decade of work in artificial intelligence, which Rometty prefers to call "cognitive solutions," and why AI will affect every business decision within the next five years. She also argues that no modern company is B2B or B2C; instead, all of them are B2I, or Business-to-Individual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner Mary Meeker delivers her annual internet trends report. She says "easy growth is behind us" as the newest internet users are coming from less developed and less affluent countries. Meeker also delves into artificial intelligence, Snapchat brand integrations, changes to live sports viewing habits, car industry innovation and the rise of millennial consumers, among many other topics. Visit Recode.net to see all 213 of Meeker's slides and follow along. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ford CEO Mark Fields talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Peter Kafka about whether we're seeing the beginning of the end for private car ownership. Fields argues that cars are still important in many parts of the world but that rising city populations, autonomous cars and government regulation will reduce urban car density. He said Ford is ready to do battle with tech giants like Uber and Google, but he also wants to keep competitors like Tesla on a "level playing field" by subjecting them to the same dealership laws that Ford has to follow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Bezos also discusses his purchase of the Washington Post in 2013, which he says is transforming from a local to a global institution. He explains why he opposes both Peter Thiel's campaign against Gawker Media and Donald Trump's attempts to "freeze or chill" press scrutiny. Plus: Why Bezos's other company, Blue Origin, is trying to lower the cost of entrepreneurship in space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Susan Desmond-Hellmann talks with The Verge's Walt Mossberg and Recode's Kara Swisher about her efforts to stop Ebola, Dengue fever and the Zika virus in the poorest parts of the world. She explains why Zika rose so rapidly without warning and what affected countries like Brazil and Colombia can do to slow it down. Next on the to-do list: Wiping out African sleeping sickness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The RealReal Founder and CEO Julie Wainwright talks with Recode's Jason Del Rey about whether we're in a repeat of the dot-com bubble, when she was the CEO of Pets.com. She discusses how fashion consumers' demands have evolved since the 2008 financial collapse, with value now driving purchase decisions more than before. Wainwright also explains how The RealReal won over luxury brands that were once wary of the company's consignment sales model. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Target Chief Digital Officer Jason Goldberger talks with Recode's Jason Del Rey about building up the retailer's digital offerings to compete with Amazon and Walmart. Goldberger says that Target has learned a lot since Cyber Monday 2015, when its website couldn't handle record web traffic. Plus: Why does Target not yet accept Apple Pay or Android Pay, and why is it partnering with startups like Instacart and Curbside? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the online shoe retailer's shift to "holacracy," where employees have no traditional bosses. He also discusses why Zappos operates near-independently from its parent company Amazon, which follows a completely different corporate culture. Hseih says Zappos may adapt its bottom-up company structure into software that it can sell to other corporations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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