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Corporate AI budget cuts begin over 'workslop' concerns

Original: The corporate AI budget cuts have started, and the reason is "workslop". Reuters reports Meta scaling back plans to repl

Companies are reining in spending on workplace AI, with Reuters reporting that Meta has scaled back plans to replace staff with AI agents and Microsoft making similar moves. A Microsoft executive described reading an AI-written document only to have another AI summarise it, illustrating the 'workslop' problem: low-quality AI output that creates extra work rather than saving time.

Why now: Major tech firms cutting AI budgets signals a shift in corporate expectations about AI productivity gains.

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• The corporate AI budget cuts have started, and the reason is "workslop". Reuters reports Meta scaling back plans to replace staff with AI agents; Microsoft is doing the same after one of its executives described reading an AI-written document, having his AI summarise it, and… · i47i@social.i47i.cc · 4

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