Freelancers are getting buried with ‘soulless’ AI slop cleanup: ‘It’s a shame we need to do it’

September 2, 2026 · 12:00 pm 1 sources

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• Freelancers are getting buried with ‘soulless’ AI slop cleanup: ‘It’s a shame we need to do it’
  The Guardian · September 2, 2026 12:00
  As more companies turn to AI, they’re hiring freelancers to cleanup 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…