LinkedIn cracks down on users posting ‘AI slop’ after previously encouraging it

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is taking action to tackle the issue of "AI slop," low-quality content generated by artificial intelligence. In a recent blog post, LinkedIn's Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan announced that the platform is rolling out a new "seems like AI slop" button, visible in the ellipsis menu on all posts. This button will enable users to report AI-generated content, which will further help LinkedIn's AI models to identify and improve the quality of content displayed in users' feeds.

The company is also phasing out the "enhance your post" AI feature, replacing it with an AI proofreading tool that preserves the users' natural voice. Srinivasan emphasized that LinkedIn prioritizes this issue, as AI-sloped posts do not align with LinkedIn's mission of connecting users with genuine perspectives and expertise. In addition to these measures, LinkedIn is developing automated defenses to block "hundreds of thousands" of automated comments daily, and implementing new classifiers to detect and reduce low-quality AI content recommendations.

Users will also receive private alerts on their dashboards if the platform detects overreliance on AI, encouraging them to enhance their writing skills. These steps come in response to the growing concern over AI-generated content's detrimental impact on online platforms, as evident from Substack's recent addition of an AI detection tool and Pangram Labs' $9 million funding round to combat the flood of AI content on the internet.