WIRED Roundup: Gemini 3 Release, Nvidia Earnings, Epstein Files Fallout (www.wired.com)

WIRED’s Uncanny Valley roundup highlights five stories, with the AI thread dominated by Google’s Gemini 3 launch, Nvidia’s earnings defense, and a brewing federal-versus-state regulatory fight. Google released Gemini 3 and says it will make Search “smarter,” part of a broader industry pivot toward monetizing consumer-facing models (OpenAI included). Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang pushed back on talk of an “AI bubble” during earnings—pointing to record sales, a roughly $500 billion backlog of unfilled orders, and a business now ~90% driven by data-center chips—underscoring how GPU supply and refresh cycles remain a central infrastructure constraint for model builders. The show also digs into policy: a leaked draft Trump executive order would create an AI litigation task force to sue states that pass AI laws deemed to infringe on free speech or interstate commerce, and explicitly criticizes rules that force models to alter “truthful outputs.” That approach—aligned with big‑tech lobbying—could preempt state transparency, bias‑reporting (e.g., Colorado’s requirements), and other fairness mandates, reshaping compliance burdens, model design choices, and evaluation practices across the ML community. The episode reminds listeners that AI isn’t just tech: it’s entwined with politics, culture (including coverage of a Mormon-built app to curb “gooning”) and the economics of how models are built, deployed, and governed.