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LinkedIn's New 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button Lets You Report All Those Cringey Posts
Users can flag machine-written posts as LinkedIn ramps up new classifiers and says 41% of long-form posts and 30% of short ones may be AI-generated.
- On Thursday, LinkedIn introduced a new "Seems like AI slop" button under the three-dot menu, allowing users to report content they suspect was written by machines rather than humans.
- Pangram data from early July estimated 41% of long-form and 30% of short-form LinkedIn posts are AI-generated, identifying the platform as the most AI-saturated social network.
- Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan confirmed LinkedIn is replacing its "enhance with AI" feature with a proofreader that does not change a user's voice, while testing private nudges for inauthentic content.
- Flagged posts will see reduced algorithmic reach similar to the "not interested" feature, as LinkedIn uses reports to tune its AI models directly.
- Across the industry, platforms including Reddit and Substack are implementing AI detection tools as automated traffic on the internet now exceeds human-generated requests.
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I can't believe it's taken LinkedIn so long to push back against AI slop — but will its changes really stop all the cringey updates?
LinkedIn, one of the most notorious bastions of AI slop online today, is finally cracking down on the deluge being seen across its site.The social network is introducing a range of controls as it looks to turn off the tap of the torrent of AI slop increasingly dominating its website. You can try it now - just click on the three dots at the top-right of any LinkedIn post, and among the usual options to save, share or embed, you'll see a new optio…
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