Wired Roundup: Gemini 3 Release, Nvidia Earnings, Epstein Files...

In today’s episode, host Zoë Schiffer is joined by senior writer Max Zeff to discuss five stories you need to know about this week—from the political fallout after the release of the Epstein files, to why two young Mormon men created an app to help men stop “gooning.” Then, we dive into Gemini 3’s release and how companies like Google and OpenAI are honing in on AI profitability.

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Zoë Schiffer: Welcome to WIRED's Uncanny Valley. I'm Zoë Schiffer, WIRED's Director of Business and Industry. Today on the show we're bringing you five stories that you need to know about this week, including how companies like Google and OpenAI are honing in on profitability as they develop their AI consumer-facing products. I'm joined today by WIRED's Senior Writer Max Zeff. Max, welcome to Uncanny Valley.

Zoë Schiffer: Our first story is about how the Trump administration has completely lost the narrative around the Epstein files. It feels like we could talk about this every week, but this week in particular, it's really important. Our colleague, David Gilbert, wrote about the increasing pressure that President Trump was receiving from everyone, and we really do mean everyone, from QAnon followers to a coalition of GOP lawmakers and democratic legislators to release the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. On Wednesday this week, Trump finally signed the bill passed by Congress releasing roughly 20,000 documents on Epstein. But as David put it, the damage to the administration's brand already kind of feels like it's done.

Max Zeff: Yeah, it's really just unbelievable how far the Trump administration has gone around the block on the Epstein case compared to where it first started. I mean, in the past this was a political campaignship, but now it's kind of an ongoing crisis that they really need to manage. I really liked David's article just painting the full picture of where this started, and it truly is wild to look back on. Looking back to 2017 when QAnon first started talking about Jeffrey

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