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Toonstar’s new ‘Uncle Roger’ cartoon embraces AI—but slop it’s not

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Toonstar’s new ‘Uncle Roger’ cartoon embraces AI—but slop it’s not

“The gyoza needs to look a little sane. It’s too pink.” Nigel NG is micromanaging for its look and feel Friedan animated series that will premiere on YouTube later this year. His comments come during an early planning session at Toonstar, the show’s production house in a former furniture warehouse in Downtown LA. NG has … Read more

Payment Processor Stripe Lays Off Employees Via Cartoon Duck

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Payment Processor Stripe Lays Off Employees Via Cartoon Duck

News of layoffs continued in January, with CNN, Citigroup and Microsoft all seeing cut roles alone this week. Usually, these notices are pretty standard-heavy on legalese and light on cartoons. But that wasn’t the case at Lane, a payments software company that laid off 300 workers on Monday. Some employees in various affected roles (product, … Read more