With a perky "Here you go!" it arrives in your inbox: A tonally awkward, super wordy, not-quite-right series of paragraphs from your coworker. You're furious, already fatigued and ready to rip someone's head off.You just got "workslopped" — a new workplace dynamic where AI-generated content gets submitted by coworkers without adequate editing or quality control. And while headlines around workslop have focused on the supposed productivity costs it's creating for businesses, the bigger issue is the erosion of trust happening between colleagues. That's a dynamic that companies are completely unprepared to handle.
