Bezos defends billionaires, hypes AI, talks taxes and praises Trump in major CNBC interview

Ultrabillionaire Jeff Bezos on Wednesday hyped artificial intelligence , blamed government meddling for economic woes and broadly defended himself and his mega-rich peers in an exclusive interview with CNBC. But the Amazon and Blue Origin founder, in a wide-ranging interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin , initially struck a populist tone, at times sounding more like some progressive Democrats than one of the most successful capitalists in history. …