workslop

A joint study by Stanford University researchers and a workplace performance consulting firm published in the Harvard Business Review details the plight of workers who have to fix their colleagues’ AI-generated “workslop,” which they describe as work content that “masquerades as good work, but lacks the substance to meaningfully advance a given task.”

AI Slop Invades the Office Jason Koebler 2025

We define workslop as AI generated work content that masquerades as good work, but lacks the substance to meaningfully advance a given task.

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity Kate Niederhoffer 2025

“People are being told to use AI, often without direction or support,” said Jeff Hancock, a co-author of the study that coined the term “workslop”, and a Stanford researcher and BetterUp scientific adviser.

Bosses say AI boosts productivity – workers say they’re drowning in ‘workslop’ Ramin Skibba 2026

Workslop refers to AI-generated work that seems polished but is flawed and in need of heavy corrections

Bosses say AI boosts productivity – workers say they’re drowning in ‘workslop’ Ramin Skibba 2026