LinkedIn actually adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button
A lot of content on LinkedIn might seem like AI slop, and now, you'll be able to report those posts. As part of a series of updates to reduce the volume of AI slop on the platform, LinkedIn is introducing an actual button that lets you flag a post as something that "Seems like AI slop." The new feature is part of a broader push to reduce the volume of apparent AI slop on the platform. AI detector Pangram recently found that 41 percent of longform LinkedIn posts were flagged as
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LinkedIn has introduced a reporting button that allows users to flag posts they believe were written by artificial intelligence rather than humans. An AI detector found that 41 percent of longform posts on the platform were completely generated by AI, prompting the company to reduce such content. Along with the reporting button, LinkedIn is developing new classifiers to identify AI-generated or low-quality posts and plans to show users when others perceive their posts as inauthentic or heavily AI-reliant. The company is also removing a feature that used AI to enhance posts and replacing it with one that only proofreads without changing the writer's voice.
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