There’s a certain word that’s now starting to regularly appear after the letters “AI”. It first appeared in Google searches in 2024, and it’s risen exponentially since then. Last month it even entered the Cambridge English Dictionary.

The word? “Slop”, with the full official term – “AI slop″⁣ – describing the endless stream of low-quality content that artificial intelligence is enabling anyone to create at the click of a button.

Using AI to craft your cover letter is a quick way to have your application ignored entirely.Credit: iStock

You’re likely to see versions of lazy AI slop appear everywhere, from vomiting out buzzwords in lengthy reports at work, to crafting robotic-sounding prose on emails and social media, and now it’s also taking over how we apply for jobs.

Writing a CV is a prime target for AI slop, as they were already strange documents we had to cobble together every few years in a vain attempt to summarise our careers........

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