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Over 1 Million People Have Clicked LinkedIn's AI Slop Button

According to a post from chief product officer Hari Srinivasan, "over a million people" have clicked on LinkedIn's new "Seems like AI slop" button, which launched after one analysis found 41% of the platform's longform posts were fully AI-generated. The Verge reports: In Thursday's post, Srinivasan said that users are overall "now experiencing 40% less views on what we classify as AI slop from…

LinkedIn has recently launched a new "Seems like AI slop" button, which has been clicked over a million times. This feature was introduced following an analysis that found 41% of the platform's longform posts were generated by AI. According to a post by LinkedIn's chief product officer Hari Srinivasan, users are now experiencing 40% fewer views on content classified as AI-generated.

LinkedIn has also added a new message to alert users when they create a post that may have been generated by AI, aiming to provide helpful feedback and encourage more genuine content.

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