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

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PUBLISHEDSep 2, 2026, 12:00 PM
What the source reports
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…
Main source: The Guardian Technology
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