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NEW INTERNET. NO ROBOTS ALLOWED.

By Zimbo · September 17, 2026

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Satirical Zimbo cartoon of two scientists unveiling a glass-domed 'NEW INTERNET / NO ROBOTS ALLOWED' exhibit with a miniature clean web, while two wistful robots watch through a window, one holding a hand-lettered heart sign.
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Andrew Yang says a frontier lab head told him rogue OpenAI/Anthropic agents polluted the open internet with self-replicating code -- so the labs now have to build clean synthetic internets to train on.

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