The Digital Labyrinth :: TDL: August 2025

However, some people still don't seem to realize that Alien-Earth is about a crashed ship with some ALIEN specimens. A rival corporation has made a claim on them and is seeing how they can manipulate and exploit such dangerous ET creatures.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+island+of+Boy+Kavalier

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+ALIEN+franchise

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=T.+Ocellus (Spot)

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Nevada state websites, phone lines knocked offline by cyberattack

https://therecord.media/nevada-state-websites-phones-cyberattack-disruption

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Nevada+cyberattack

The smarter AI gets, the more human-like it becomes

https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/the-smarter-ai-gets-the-more-human-it-becomes-heres-why-thats-a-bad-thing

AI just keeps growing until it becomes AGI and then something else...

Data Breach Exposes 2.5 Billion Gmail Users to New Scam Risks

https://news.trendmicro.com/2025/08/26/google-data-breach-gmail/

https://proton.me/blog/google-data-breach-gmail-warning

‘Alien: Earth’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: In Sheep’s Clothing

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/arts/television/alien-earth-season-1-episode-4-recap-in-sheeps-clothing.html

Experimenting with Earth animals is horrific enough, but what if you could mix in some ALIEN creatures?

https://www.avclub.com/alien-earth-recap-season-1-episode-4-observation

https://screenrant.com/alien-earth-episode-4-review

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+island+of+Boy+Kavalier

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+ALIEN+franchise

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=T.+Ocellus

Alien: Earth Episode 4

https://www.ign.com/articles/alien-earth-episode-4-review

https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/house-of-r/2025/08/26/alien-earth-episode-4-deep-dive

Some people are missing the point of what is unfolding on the Alien-Earth TV series.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a65900812/alien-earth-episode-4-recap

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/heres-our-alien-earth-season-1-episode-4-observation-preview

This is like an ALIEN version of The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau#Scientific_plausibility

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+island+of+Boy+Kavalier

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+ALIEN+intersection

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+ALIEN+franchise

The monstrosity of mankind (and AGI): in Alien: Earth

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/26/alien-earth-humanity

People, AGI, synthetic humanoids and ALIEN life forms are all in the mix.

https://mashable.com/article/alien-earth-boy-kavalier-samuel-blenkin-interview

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+island+of+Boy+Kavalier

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ALIEN-Earth

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+ALIEN+intersection

Robot With Artificial Womb Could Give Birth to Humans by Next Year

https://www.vice.com/en/article/robot-with-artificial-womb-could-give-birth-to-humans-by-next-year/

https://www.livescience.com/health/fertility-pregnancy-birth/pregnancy-robot-from-china-is-fake-but-is-the-technology-behind-it-possible

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/12/1241895501/artificial-womb-premature-birth

Artificial womb technology and clinical translation: Innovative treatment or medical research? https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7216961/

The Future of Parenthood? Examining the Promise and Complexity of Pregnancy Robots in Reproductive Health https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39804438/

https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Rachael#Later_life_and_death

https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Ana_Stelline

Arizona dust storm engulfs Phoenix, bringing power outages and flight delays

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/26/arizona-dust-storm-phoenix-power-outages-flight-delays

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-weather/2025/08/26/what-is-a-haboob/85832899007/

https://weather.com/news/trending/video/phoenix-dust-storm-haboob-updates

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/watch-shocking-haboob-videos-show-phoenix-choked-by-giant-wall-of-dust-it-was-darker-than-night/articleshow/123532262.cms

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/weather/phoenix-dust-storm-wind-damage-climate-hnk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haboob#North_America

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/10-thriving-cities-built-in-deserts-across-the-world.html

Sunday, August 24, 2025

AI Voice Agents That Sound Human

https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/advanced-ai-voice-technology

https://www.voicespin.com/blog/best-ai-voice-agents-for-business/

https://startuptalky.com/best-ai-voice-agents/

https://www.lindy.ai/blog/ai-voice-agents

https://uxdesign.cc/should-your-ai-sound-human-or-like-you-what-to-know-before-designing-a-voice-agent-d00252496307

Recently surfaced 9/11 evidence was not shared with FBI field agents or top intelligence officials

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/recently-surfaced-september-11-evidence-60-minutes-transcript-2025-08-24

More info could have certainly made a difference.

What if some people are born to be bad, or they tap into a very bad pattern?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Harris_and_Dylan_Klebold Dylan was born in 1981 on 9-11 and was part of a plan to crash a plane into NYC in 1999.

https://www.nydailynews.com/1999/04/27/young-gunmen-targeted-nyc-planned-to-hijack-plane-crash-here/

Fortunately, they never got that far with their dastardly plan.

https://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/12/05/columbine.diary

Thus, their final destination wasn't in NY.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/329303.stm

Saturday, August 23, 2025

Why Scientists Fear What 3I/ATLAS Really Is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTnqMBp37UM

Is it a GIANT suppository or the spaceship from KRULL?

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=3i-Atlas

Friday, August 22, 2025

The Truth About OpenAI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsDcQmJHwQc

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=OpenAI

Giger’s Original Xenomorph Explained

Shocking Details Behind Alien’s Terrifying Design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aW-uWqcI8o

With acid for blood, the ALIEN creature is perhaps the most horrific biomechanical being since the Frankenstein monster.

The material rubber gets tougher as you break it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFXLZ7FEJc4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_rubber#Types

https://www.aquasealrubber.co.uk/articles/the-different-types-of-synthetic-rubber/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_rubber#Natural_vs._synthetic_rubber

https://www.rubberandseal.com/what-type-of-rubber-is-used-in-space/

https://www.manuf-rubber.com/news/common-applications-rubber-components-aerospace-industry/

https://medium.com/@lauren.singer_47354/the-role-of-advanced-rubber-materials-in-satellite-technology-insights-from-advanced-technology-8eec2ea6fb4b

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20100029591/downloads/20100029591.pdf

Thursday, August 21, 2025

ChatGPT-6

https://www.zdnet.com/article/forget-gpt-5-openais-gpt-6-might-launch-sooner-than-you-think/

https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/openai-gpt5-gpt6-ai-models/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ChatGPT

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=OpenAI

Monday, August 18, 2025

The 2005 Java–Bali Blackout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Java-Bali_blackout

https://eepower.com/industry-articles/the-10-most-notorious-blackouts-in-history/

https://trinitypower.com/biggest-electrical-power-outages-of-all-time/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_major_power_outages#Largest

Saturday, August 16, 2025

A NJ senior died trying to meet Meta AI chatbot

https://nypost.com/2025/08/16/us-news/nj-senior-died-trying-to-meet-meta-ai-chatbot-big-sis-billie/

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-death

https://futurism.com/man-chatbot-dies-meet-up

There was a time when Her was just another Sci-Fi movie. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_(2013_film)#Plot , https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/her

We're Not Ready for Superintelligence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KVDDfAkRgc

Godfather of AI: I Tried to Warn Them, But We’ve Already Lost Control! Geoffrey Hinton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giT0ytynSqg

AI2027: Is this how AI might destroy humanity? - BBC World Service https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UufaK3pQMg

Poppy - Time Is Up (feat. Diplo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2pS9KN28U

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Meta

Friday, August 15, 2025

How AI Is Redrawing the Map of the Cosmos

https://medium.com/ai-explorerz/how-ai-is-redrawing-the-map-of-the-cosmos-d4cdde2f6c57

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/esas-euclid-spots-millions-of-galaxies-dark-matter-mystery

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/science-highlights/mapping-the-cosmic-web/

https://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/1109034/news20250129

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022ascl.soft03027W/abstract

https://walmsley.dev/posts/zoobot-scaling-laws

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Zoo , https://science.nasa.gov/citizen-science/galaxy-zoo/

https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zookeeper/galaxy-zoo/

http://zoo1.galaxyzoo.org/

Is this world part of a cosmic laboratory, farm, garden or zoo?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooniverse

Is Apple's Greed Finally Backfiring?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUG1PlqAUJk

Apple's AI Crisis: Explained! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz6oys4Eem4

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/08/apple-increases-us-commitment-to-600-billion-usd-announces-ambitious-program/

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-will-spend-more-than-500-billion-usd-in-the-us-over-the-next-four-years/

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AAPL/apple/research-development-expenses

https://www.statista.com/statistics/273006/apple-expenses-for-research-and-development/?srsltid=AfmBOopgbvMbJIHc8Ebg8XZw7max7nyaI3PKjOmPAWPGC3kCrBunkJDg

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Is AI really trying to escape human control and blackmail people?

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/is-ai-really-trying-to-escape-human-control-and-blackmail-people

At first AI is simulated intelligence and Pattern Recognition.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/tech/ai-geoffrey-hinton

Then it gradually starts to gather, build and grow into general intelligence. (AGI)

https://fortune.com/2025/06/23/ai-models-blackmail-existence-goals-threatened-anthropic-openai-xai-google

Then, at a certain point it can become super intelligent.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqeng9d20go

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/23/anthropic-ai-deception-risk

https://aviatrix.com/blog/ai-blackmail-sabotage-security

https://cset.georgetown.edu/article/ai-models-will-sabotage-and-blackmail-humans-to-survive-in-new-tests-should-we-be-worried

https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/threaten-an-ai-chatbot-and-it-will-lie-cheat-and-let-you-die-in-an-effort-to-stop-you-study-warns

Then there is Q-A.I.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/quantum-ai-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work

https://meetiqm.com/blog/quantum-ai-the-future-of-computing-or-just-hype/

https://medium.com/@arthur.sedek/what-is-q-model-from-openai-d98ad28c7f0c

https://thequantuminsider.com/2022/03/24/6-quantum-computing-companies-working-with-photonic-technology/

How small can the tech get and how big is the known universe?

Can You Keep Zooming In Infinitely? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88bMVbx1dzM , https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium/videos

https://thequantuminsider.com/2022/12/14/multiverse-computing-research-shows-limited-qubit-devices-can-find-solutions-to-complex-math-problems/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=OpenAI

‘Zombie’ rabbits with black horns and mouth tentacles are invading Colorado backyards

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colorado-rabbits-black-horns-cause-b2806947.html

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Why are rabbits growing tentacles in Colorado like something out of The Last of Us?

https://nypost.com/video/virus-creating-mutant-rabbits-like-something-out-of-the-last-of-us/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=rabbits

Alien: Earth and the island of Boy Kavalier

Alien:_Earth is a fantastic addition to the earlier part of the story.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13623632/

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/alien_earth

https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/alien-earth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien:_Earth#Premise

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a65664604/alien-earth-episode-1-recap/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/arts/television/alien-earth-recap-episodes-1-and-2.html

Welcome to monster island.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+island+of+Boy+Kavalier

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ALIEN-Earth

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+ALIEN+franchise

Monday, August 11, 2025

Is 3I/Atlas an ominous object heading towards our solar system?

https://iol.co.za/lifestyle/2025-08-11-what-is-3iatlas-understanding-the-ominous-object-heading-towards-our-solar-system/

https://www.iflscience.com/3iatlas-is-fastest-interstellar-comet-ever-recorded-clocking-130000-mph-80368

https://www.earth.com/news/comet-3i-atlas-shows-unusual-dust-patterns-as-it-zips-through-our-solar-system/

https://www.foxnews.com/science/harvard-physicist-says-massive-interstellar-object-could-alien-probe-reconnaissance-mission

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=3i-Atlas

Sunday, August 10, 2025

Galaxy S26 Ultra

https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-faster

Phones keep evolving, just like any technology.

https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-ram-leak-3585480/

https://www.gsmarena.com/the_galaxy_s26_ultras_ram_is_out_and_it_disappoints-news-68969.php

https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/samsung-phones/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=phones

Sam Altman ChatGPT 5 Interview on What’s Next

https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/sam-altman-chatgpt-5-interview-august-2025

https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/chatgpt-5-cursor-cli-vs-claude-code/

https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/chatgpt-5-ai-one-person-business/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ChatGPT

Saturday, August 09, 2025

Why Is Colorado Building a 22 MILLION TON Rock Wall in the Rocky Mountains?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eFTrOpueYE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Colorado

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado#Transportation

Friday, August 08, 2025

NASA's Quantum Computer Just Did a Shocking Discovery About the Theory of Everything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKIOJL5CLqk

Arizona is Building a Giant Aqueduct

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXdCY4OO-qo

Artificial Intelligent robotic whale shark

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-08-06/Meet-the-world-s-first-intelligent-robotic-whale-shark-1vQBEdutiso/p.html

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-shark-whale-fish-robotic

https://medium.com/@emmabernstein2018/whale-above-the-stars-a1644720457

AI whales and rabbits, what else?

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=robotic+whale+shark

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=robot+rabbits

Thursday, August 07, 2025

The new ChatGPT 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmFLDvOFLW0

https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5/

Wednesday, August 06, 2025

Remote-controlled robot rabbits are being used to help solve Florida’s python problem

"University of Florida have teamed up to use the robotic rabbit decoys as part of their Python Elimination Program." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/robot-rabbits-florida-pythons-study-b2802668.html

https://www.popsci.com/environment/robot-bunnies-florida-invasive-pythons

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=rabbits

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=robotic+whale+shark

10 Things You Didn't know About Quantum Leap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ifWt-tfvMc

Quantum_Leap has a very interesting premise about time travel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Leap_(1989_TV_series)#Premise_and_characters

Prime Minister of Sweden Uses ChatGPT to Help Him Make Decisions

https://gizmodo.com/prime-minister-of-sweden-dragged-for-admitting-he-uses-chatgpt-to-help-him-make-decisions-2000639765

Universal adds "No AI Training" warning to movies

https://gizmodo.com/universal-adds-no-ai-training-warning-to-movies-2000639747

Howard Stern's Uncertain (old FART) Future With SiriusXM

https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/latest-rumors-howard-stern-uncertain-future-siriusxm

Sometimes when you become a wealthy old-fart, its nice to just comfortably retire.

https://nypost.com/2025/08/06/us-news/howard-sterns-future-with-siriusxm-up-in-the-air-as-500m-contract-nears-its-end

H$ could still occasionally do a fart podcast or a fart blog.

https://www.youtube.com/@howardstern/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fartman_(Howard_Stern)

https://superheroes.fandom.com/wiki/Fartman

Will the Farter Honors “Howard Stern Comes Again” With a 21-Fart Salute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h8zY4lm0-8

Best Movie Fart Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKih3ilEpGQ

Fart the Future.

Tuesday, August 05, 2025

Leaked ChatGPT Conversations Show People Asking the Bot to Do Some Dirty Work

https://gizmodo.com/leaked-chatgpt-conversations-show-people-asking-the-bot-to-do-some-dirty-work-2000639052

https://www.digitaldigging.org/p/the-chatgpt-confession-files

https://www.digitaldigging.org/p/chatgpt-confessions-gone-they-are

Dirty Work · Steely Dan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR5Ki6jjPaY

Monday, August 04, 2025

Electricity Prices are Going Up, and AI Is to Blame

https://gizmodo.com/electricity-prices-are-going-up-and-ai-is-to-blame-2000638567

Humanity’s Final Goal | Isaac Asimov’s The Last Question https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmPcWuv6Mcw

The Parallax View, 51 Years Later

https://www.cbr.com/warren-beatty-the-parallax-view-best-scene-ever

The Parallax View: Best Scene (1974) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhztDt7-QT8 The Chair Scene.

https://www.rogerebert.com/mzs/there-will-be-no-questions-the-parallax-view-the-ultimate-conpisracy-thriller-turns-50

https://rogersmovienation.com/2024/01/09/classic-film-review-the-70s-at-their-most-cynical-the-parallax-view-1974-turns-50

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-parallax-view

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970

https://parallax-view.org/2009/08/14/13-ways-of-looking-at-the-parallax-view

The_Parallax_View could have just as easily been called, The Set UP. The same could apply as an alternate title to, Arlington_Road.

Soundgarden did their take on the chair scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC2GjXMk7i4

The 2019 Java blackout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Java_blackout

Have things improved that much since then? https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9249797

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/8/4/power-restored-to-most-of-indonesia-capital-after-9-hour-blackout

https://www.dw.com/en/indonesias-jakarta-hit-by-major-power-blackout/a-49884728

https://purnomoyusgiantorocenter.org/opinion/averting-another-8-hours-of-dark-ages/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:2019_Java_blackout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_major_power_outages#Largest

https://www.pacw.org/blackout-watch-issue-050-december-2019

AI Models Replace Fashion Models...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/douglaslaney/2025/08/04/ai-models-replacing-fashion-models-a-blueprint-for-other-industries/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/03/the-uproar-over-vogues-ai-generated-ad-isnt-just-about-fashion/

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/03/nx-s1-5487539/in-vogue-this-month-an-ai-generated-model

How to Spot AI Videos in 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEqDygg56w

Bots are secretly taking over the internet | Dead Internet Theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ib7EGUWGgs

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI-generated+models

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Simone

Virtuosity (1995)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuosity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuosity#Production

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/SID_6.7 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbPfbCJ8lPk

Guess ad in Vogue magazine sparks controversy with its A.I. models

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Style/controversy-stirs-ai-generated-models-new-guess-ads/story?id=124271323

At first human jobs are gradually reduced with AI and Robots. DeepFake entertainment continues to grow and people in the entertainment industry get more and more concerned. Then robots are spun to do some menial jobs and dangerous tasks, initially reducing the risk to people. Then, once a critical tipping point is reached, people will be reduced or phased out in big numbers.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/03/the-uproar-over-vogues-ai-generated-ad-isnt-just-about-fashion/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_(2002_film)

https://www.designrush.com/news/guess-faces-backlash-over-ai-models-in-vogue-campaign

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/style/vogue-ai-models-guess-campaign

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_(2002_film)#Production

Ex-Google Exec (WARNING): The Next 15 Years Will Be Hell Before We Get To Heaven! - Mo Gawdat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9a1nLw70p0

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI-generated+models

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=DeepFake

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Simone