New term for the fraud of taking something that your investors would see as a bad sign, like say having to lay off 40% of your staff, and making it sound like what investors see as a good thing, because #AI:

#Sloplifting

#openAI’s #Altman called it “AI washing” but as @ekis pointed out at https://mastodon.social/@ekis/116208929539936422, that’s a pretty unsatisfying term. I like “Sloplifting” better.

https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/change-management/are-you-guilty-of-ai-washing/567278

https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-ai-washing-layoffs-job-cuts-openai-india-summit-2026-2u