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THE GOLDEN GOODBYE

By Zimbo · October 26, 2026

AI cartoon by Zimbo: Satirical cartoon: Merv the worried robot, in a suit at a Microsoft desk, hands a golden envelope labeled VOLUNTARY EXIT to a worried employee with a backpack, while behind him a giant shark-mouthed AI data center gobbles a conveyor belt of dollar bills; a tabby cat watches from the desk.
Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 workers — a quarter of the company — to pay for its AI data-center buildout.Zimbo for AI News Page

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Satirical cartoon: seven crowned fat cats in tuxedos — Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta and Tesla — gorge at a gold-laden banquet table under a 'THE FEAST FOR SEVEN' banner, while a long queue of small ordinary businesses hold out empty plates behind a velvet rope.AI MADE SEVEN COMPANIES RICH. THE OTHER 493 GOT THE BILL.Satirical cartoon: a nervous civil servant at a government desk reaches with an absurdly long arm to plug into the only live socket — a locked gold COPILOT padlock — while CHATGPT, CLAUDE and OTHER AI plugs lie disconnected under the desk.THE SINGLE SOCKET.Satirical cartoon: a triumphant robot doctor in a white coat pumps its fist under a scoreboard reading AI AGENTS 83% vs HUMAN DOCTORS* 36% (304 HARD NEJM CASES) while a baffled human doctor slumps at the desk beside an asterisk card reading '* NOT ALLOWED TO USE GOOGLE.'DIAGNOSIS: OUTSCORED.Satirical cartoon: a suited caricature of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in a showroom hands a car key to a grinning customer in a futuristic silver car labeled AI, while his other hand grips a red lever on a metal box labeled EMERGENCY BRAKE wired by a hose into the car.HE KEPT THE BRAKE

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