LinkedIn Is Coming for AI Slop, and It’s About Time the Platform Took Action
LinkedIn said it will hide generic AI-generated posts, comments and videos from recommendations as it targets bots and fake profiles.
- On Wednesday, LinkedIn announced plans to suppress low-quality, AI-generated content dubbed "AI slop" from user recommendations, though flagged posts will remain visible to a user's direct connections.
- Growing frustration among the platform's more than 100 million verified members stems from feeds swamped by generic "thought leadership" and engagement-bait content lacking unique substance.
- Targeting specific AI patterns like the "em dash problem" and "it's not X, it's Y" phrases, new detection systems boast 94 per cent accuracy in early tests to distinguish expertise from automation.
- VP of Product Laura Lorenzetti said the platform remains open to AI-assisted content encouraging meaningful conversation, noting early results are "encouraging" as the company rolls out these systems over several months.
- Meta and YouTube have also pursued crackdowns on inauthentic material; as LinkedIn refines its "AI solving AI" detection technology, it aims to ensure professional feeds prioritize real human voices.
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LinkedIn cracks down on AI slop with 94% detection accuracy
If your LinkedIn feed has felt like it was written by one person with 10 million accounts, you are not imagining things. The platform has become a petri dish for AI-generated posts that say nothing while sounding vaguely inspirational. Now LinkedIn says it is doing something about it. The company announced changes that will target […] This story continues at The Next Web
'It's ok to use AI to help you write, but your posts and comments need to represent your voice and your perspectives': LinkedIn is finally set to crack down on AI slop — and save our collective sanity
LinkedIn lays out its plan to stop AI slop from flooding its website.
LinkedIn declares war on AI slop
AI is everywhere these days. Try as you might to avoid it, you’re not likely to succeed. LinkedIn, though, is attempting to draw a line in the sand and, if not completely eliminate the AI slop on its pages, at least cut back on it. The company plans to target low-quality AI posts that distract its users from finding value on the platform. That has been a growing problem in recent months as people have trawled LinkedIn for engagement among profes…
The detected posts will remain visible for your direct contacts, but will no longer be recommended beyond. The social network that offers a rewrite button with the IA in its post editor therefore wants to fight against the texts written by the IA. Ironie has not escaped you. Anyone who spends time on LinkedIn knows what to [...]
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