LinkedIn adds a 'Seems like AI slop' button
3 hours ago
- LinkedIn added a 'Seems like AI slop' button to its post menu, letting users flag AI-generated content.
- The button uses the blunt slang 'slop' to label low-effort machine output, replacing more neutral phrasing.
- LinkedIn's chief product officer confirmed the move is part of a broader crackdown on generic AI posts, with new classifiers and crowd-sourced detection.
- The company will test private nudges in poster analytics when writing appears inauthentic, replacing the 'enhance your post' feature with a voice-preserving proofreader.
- Statistics indicate 41% of long-form and 30% of short LinkedIn posts are likely AI-generated, highlighting the scale of the problem.
- The irony is that LinkedIn and its parent Microsoft offer AI writing tools, effectively selling both the means to create and to detect slop.
- The fight against AI slop extends beyond LinkedIn, with platforms like arXiv banning AI-riddled papers and tightening rules on mass-produced content.