AXIOS September 24, 2025
AI is supposed to make work easier, but instead it has generated a new problem: “workslop.”
Why it matters: The term, coined by researchers in the latest Harvard Business Review, describes low-quality AI-generated content — memos, reports, emails — that’s clogging up employees’ lives and wasting their time.
What they’re saying: Workslop “appears polished but lacks real substance,” write researchers from Stanford University who collaborated with BetterUp, a leadership coaching platform in San Francisco.
- “[Y]ou might recall the feeling of confusion after opening such a document, followed by frustration,” they write. “You begin to wonder if the sender simply used AI to generate large blocks of text instead of thinking it through.”
- “If this sounds familiar, you have been...
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