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At the end of a year dominated by news of AI, both ecstatic and apocalyptic, Steven Levy sat down with Yann LeCun, a pioneer of modern AI, chief AI scientist for Meta, and one of the technology's most vocal defenders. 

Lecun helped create the deep learning approach that's been critical to leveling up AI along with Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio. Levy asks Lecun why his opinion on the threat of AI seems to differ from those of his former colleagues, why he thinks AI danger is overhyped in general, and whether an AI could ever make truly transcendent jazz music. 

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If you're at high risk of being targeted by mercenary spyware, or just don't mind losing iOS features for extra security, the company's restricted mode is surprisingly usable.

In her new book The Algorithm, journalist Hilke Schellmann investigates software that automates résumé screening and promotion recommendations, raising concerns about discrimination.

Plus: Apple shuts down a Flipper Zero Attack, Microsoft patches more than 30 vulnerabilities, and more critical updates for the last month of 2023.

WIRED REWIND // Big Interviews in 2023: By the time it took our writer to finish this story, Brandon Sanderson published two books. That is all you need to know about Brandon Sanderson.

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