LinkedIn cracks down on ‘AI slop’ with new reporting tool

LinkedIn, the popular social media platform, unveiled a “seems like AI slop” button so users can report posts that appear to be low-quality posts written by artificial intelligence.

“People come to LinkedIn to connect with real people and share their real perspectives, ideas and expertise,” Hari Srinivasan, a chief product officer at the company, wrote in a post announcing the change.

Srinivasan was careful not to disparage all AI use, however. While the move includes a notable rollback of the platform’s “enhance your post” feature, which made it easy for users to draft posts using AI, the platform still encourages AI use for certain tasks, like proofreading. Read more.