{
  "id": 18257,
  "title": "LinkedIn's new 'Seems like AI slop' button lets you report all those cringey posts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/linkedins-new-seems-like-ai-slop-button-lets-you-report-all-those",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-07-31T16:42:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ZDNet",
    "slug": "zdnet",
    "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/article/thought-leadership-cultivate-and-align-ai-slop-is-all-over-linkedin-but-its-fighting-back/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "LinkedIn has introduced a new feature dubbed the \"Seems like AI slop\" button, enabling users to flag low-quality AI-generated posts. This development stems from the ubiquity of AI-sloppy content on the platform, which can be found across the internet. The button aims to tackle the issue of AI-sloppy posts, which are often thoughtless, mass-produced AI-generated material aimed at gaming algorithms, generating views and clicks, and making money.\n\nAs LinkedIn has established itself as a corporate influencer site and job-hunting engine, users find the AI-sloppy posts particularly irritating. These posts include clichéd, overly-simplistic musings about executive-level lessons and fast-paced world observations, often wrapped up in dramatic prose designed to grab attention. However, LinkedIn argues that not all AI-generated content is low-quality, as some users employ AI to polish their ideas. The company encourages users to report suspected AI-sloppy posts through the new button, which will help identify inauthentic content, thus reducing its reach.",
  "summary": "LinkedIn's 'Seems like AI slop' button is coming to users, and its existence signals a changing perspective on AI infiltrating digital communities.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/18257.png",
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "404 Media",
        "title": "LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/30/linkedin-introduces-a-seems-like-ai-slop-button",
        "published": "2026-07-30T14:34:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}