LinkedIn realizes its users have been bathing in AI slop, offers a shower
AI-riddled social network adds button to report sloppy posts, ditches AI rewrite tools, and promises more to come
LinkedIn's users have been increasingly exposed to AI-generated slop, prompting the company to take action to restore trust in the platform. The Chief Product Officer, Hari Srinivasan, announced several changes aimed at addressing the issue following reports of the introduction of a button for flagging AI-sloped posts. This button, when clicked, will not only report the post but also assist in refining LinkedIn's AI-spotting AI models to enhance user feeds.
Additionally, the "enhance your post" button, which utilized AI to modify the content, will be replaced by an option for AI to proofread while preserving the user's voice. LinkedIn has been plagued by reports since 2024 indicating that over half of long-form posts exceed 100 words are AI-generated, a figure that has remained unchanged over the past two years.
Srinivasan emphasized that LinkedIn is prioritizing the issue, stating that people join the platform to engage with real individuals and share genuine perspectives. He clarified that AI-sloped content is not solely produced by users but also through AI automating garbage posts and comments. The company is ramping up its classification tools to identify AI-sloped content and low-quality posts, with user analytics dashboards now providing feedback on posts flagged as potentially AI-generated.
Srinivasan emphasized that AI and slop are distinct, acknowledging that users may refine their thoughts with AI, but they desire to know when their content lacks authenticity.
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