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Artificial-intelligence slop is a term that sprung into usage about two years ago, popularized by influential AI blogger Simon Willison.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

As artificial-intelligence agents become popularized and the threat of digital crime grows, analysts are taking a fresh look at Okta, one of the few companies they say can meet identity-security needs for the agentic era.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

The terms “highbrow” and “lowbrow” derived from the 19th-century pseudoscience of phrenology, and the former was first popularized by a New York Sun reporter around 1902, to be quickly followed by the latter.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

In 1923, soon after the game was popularized in the U.S. by a businessman, the New York Times declared it the new bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Even Voltaire, who avoided the dialogue between a philosopher and a lady, a form popularized by Fontenelle, liked to imagine his book being read by a sophisticated woman at her dressing table.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton