{
  "id": 15720449,
  "title": "Don’t be fooled. The AI that was supposed to save us time is doing just the opposite | Gaby Hinsliff",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/dont-be-fooled-the-ai-that-was-supposed-to-save-us-time-is-doing-just-15720449",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-20T05:00:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/20/ai-supposed-to-save-time-opposite-government-uk"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The government says it can transform the state with AI, but it is no match for the resulting stream of machine-generated slop. And we all pay the cost Another morning, another avalanche of emails. Even after a guilty cull, my inbox is sitting at well over 7,000, but lately I’ve started subscribing to the Quentin Crisp theory of housework: why bother, when after four years or so you stop noticing…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}