Scott Stevenson, founder and CEO of Toronto’s Spellbook, sent a memo to over 200 employees on September 7, 2026, updating the AI usage policy. Stevenson required employees to submit “D+ versions” of their ideas without AI editing before submitting them to the company. He pointed out that many AI-modified proposals appeared impressive but concealed the original thinking and even contained “AI nonsense,” resulting in lengthy and low-quality documents. As the person in charge of developing contract drafting and AI analysis tools, Stevenson was concerned about the emergence of a phenomenon similar to “AI slopification” on social media in the workplace. He aimed to prevent the misuse of technology from obscuring the core ideas and emphasized the principle that “writing is thinking.”
Scott Stevenson, founder and CEO of Spellbook, requires employees to submit "D+ versions" of their ideas without AI editing before submitting them to the company. Stevenson pointed out that many of the proposals or marketing concepts submitted by employees appear impressive after being modified by AI, but this hides the original thinking and even includes “AI nonsense”. As the head of Toronto, a company that develops AI tools for contract drafting and analysis, he is concerned about the problem of “AI slopification” in the workplace, which leads to lengthy and low-quality documents. Recently, Stevenson sent memos to over 200 employees of the company to update the AI usage policy and emphasize the principle of “writing is thinking” to prevent the misuse of technology from obscuring the core ideas.