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AI "workslop" is hurting coworker dynamics

AI "workslop" is hurting coworker dynamics

Marketplace Tech

October 8, 20256m 42s

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AI slop is pointless content shared online like fake images and videos. A new study in the Harvard Business Review wants us to consider a variant: “workslop,” or AI-generated reports, emails and more that are sloppily crafted.


The authors of the study say 40% of workers they surveyed have encountered workslop. And that's costing time and money.


Marketplace’s Nova Safo spoke with social psychologist and vice president of BetterUp Labs Kate Niederhoffer, who co-authored the study. She said workslop harms interpersonal work relationships, such as when one employee receives an AI written report from another.