LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated 'slop'
9 hours ago
- LinkedIn introduces a new button for users to flag posts as 'AI slop' to combat low-quality AI-generated content.
- The move aligns with a broader trend among platforms like Substack, which partnered with Pangram to identify AI content.
- Pangram announced $9 million in funding to address AI content flooding, while Digg shut down its Reddit competitor due to bot issues.
- Cloudflare reports that bot traffic now exceeds human-generated requests, worsening the problem.
- LinkedIn's chief product officer confirms AI slop is a top priority, and the platform blocks hundreds of thousands of automated comments daily.
- LinkedIn adds classifiers to reduce AI slop in recommendations and privately notifies users when their posts appear inauthentic.
- LinkedIn is removing its AI 'enhance your post' feature and replacing it with a proofreading tool that preserves user voice.
- Other improvements include expanded verification tools and an option to block comments from company pages.