CEOs and workers clash over AI-generated workplace ‘slop’
AI tools like Claude have flooded workplaces with low-quality, verbose documents, emails, and messages—what researchers call workslop—since 2025. Some leaders, like Michelle Volberg of Twill, now ban AI-generated internal communications, citing robotic tone and hallucinations. Others, like Varun Anand of Clay, require employees to stand behind every AI-assisted idea and reject polished but…
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- Researchers coined *workslop* in 2025 to describe low-quality AI-generated workplace content flooding emails, Slack, and documents
- Companies like Twill and Clay now ban or restrict AI for internal communications, citing robotic tone and lost human context
- Over half of workers admit to sending slop, often due to pressure to use AI without proper training or oversight
Bosses loved AI at work — until they drowned in slop
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