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Freelance platforms aren’t direct competitors to traditional staffing firms, but they do offer useful signals about evolving client requirements. Recent hiring data from over one million U.S. job posts on Upwork reveals how businesses are adapting their talent strategies in response to AI adoption.
“Workslop” calls for more human oversight
Growing demand for flexible talent is focused on AI quality control. Translation services increased 29% month-over-month, sales copywriting rose 12%, and quality assurance grew 9%, — driven primarily by companies adding human oversight to AI-generated work.
This movement stems from “workslop,” a term describing subpar AI outputs that require correction.