I think the new humans indeed are starting to be spread. Of course, there is really no one who knows which humans exist, NPCs don't know anything because they are just scripts, and no one with a soul will know about every other human except the closest and the most well known celebs. So it's very possible to insert new humans in the white spots and letting them take over. The ones I've seen do have the orange/yellow energy and appear to be soulless, but they match the new hivemind. First I saw was about 2 years ago by now, but right now in this week there has been an increase.