Claims: Freelancers are getting buried with ‘soulless’ AI slop cleanup: ‘It’s a shame we need to do it’
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- title: Freelancers are getting buried with ‘soulless’ AI slop cleanup: ‘It’s a shame we need to do it’ Source
- url: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/02/ai-jobs-freelance-cleanup Source
- summary: As more companies turn to AI, they’re hiring freelancers to clean up its mistakes rather than create original work Lisa, a freelance graphic designer based in Spain, noticed a shift in her work after the release of ChatGPT in 2022. She went from receiving slow one-off jobs creating logos and packaging to an onslaught of requests asking her to fix versions that were generated by artificial intelligence – from sharpening fuzzy images for printing to turning flawed designs into usable files. By 202… Source
- published: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:23 GMT Source