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   Cleaning up "AI workslop" is costing businesses hundreds of hours a week   
      
   Date:   
   Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:05:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Most workers agree AI boosts productivity, but it could be even better if   
   these things were fixed.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Despite the perceived productivity benefits, many businesses are spending    
   time and money cleaning up "AI workslop," suggesting the tech generates a lot   
   of unnecessary noise, new research has claimed.    
      
   Data analysis and visualizations (55%), research and fact-finding (52%),   
   long-form reporting (52%) and writing and marketing content (44-46%) are some   
   of the most common areas where AI tools might not be as effective as    
   companies once hoped.    
      
   Even though 92% agree AI improves their overall productivity, only 2% say    
   that AI outputs need no revision.   
      
   AI is a noisy way to productivity    
      
   Three in five (58%) spend more than three hours per week revising outputs,   
   with more than one-third (35%) spending more than five hours and 11% spending   
   over 10 hours every week tidying up generated content.    
      
   The research from Zapier adds that AI generally lacks accuracy, context or   
   usefulness despite appearing polished on the surface.    
      
   And it's not just perception that's down  many have experienced rejected work   
   (28%), security or privacy incidents (27%), customer complaints (25%) and   
   compliance or legal issues (24%).    
      
   Zapier's data indicates two potential solutions  firstly, AI models must   
   continue to be improved to improve the quality of responses. But in the   
   meantime, workers should be upskilled to handle AI in its current format, and   
   not what it should be.    
      
   "The companies seeing the best results aren't the ones avoiding AI," Senior    
   AI Automation Engineer Emily Mabie explained. "They're the ones who have   
   invested in training, context, and orchestration tools that turn AI from a   
   sloppy experiment into a managed process."    
      
   Nearly all (94%) of trained workers say AI boosts productivity, but only 69%   
   of untrained workers agree. As a result, only 1% of trained workers say their   
   productivity has dipped.    
      
   Looking ahead, the report calls for AI training to be compulsory for all   
   workers that handle it, prioritizing high-risk teams and tasks in the first   
   instance. Companies can also help employees by providing prompt templates and   
   formalizing reviewing processes.    
      
   "The solution isnt fewer tools, its better infrastructure," Mabie concluded.    
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/cleaning-up-ai-workslop-is-costing-businesses-hu   
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