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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
ndreds-of-hours-a-week

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