LinkedIn Introduces Reporting Tool to Combat AI Generated Slop
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- Tecnoblog
- Next.ink
- The Indian Express
- The Straits Times
- The Register
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LinkedIn has launched a new feature that allows users to report posts they perceive as AI slop, which refers to low quality or generic content generated by artificial intelligence. The new button, labeled Seems like AI slop, is being rolled out globally to help the platform identify and reduce the visibility of inauthentic content in user feeds. This move follows a report by Pangram Labs indicating that over 40 percent of long format posts on the platform are entirely AI generated.
Hari Srinivasan, the chief product officer at LinkedIn, stated that the company is prioritizing the removal of slop to ensure users connect with real people and perspectives. As part of this effort, LinkedIn is removing its Enhance your post feature and replacing it with a proofreading tool that corrects grammar and spelling without altering the user's original intent or style. The company is also implementing improved classifiers to identify low quality content and is blocking billions of automation attempts.
LinkedIn clarified that AI and slop are not the same, noting that many users use AI to refine their thoughts. The platform is testing a system to privately notify creators when their posts are flagged as inauthentic by other humans, rather than relying solely on AI detectors. While some users have welcomed the change, others have expressed concern that the term slop is subjective and that the feature could be misused to blame users for using the site's own AI tools.
How each side framed it
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- These outlets focused on the technical implementation and the specific data regarding the prevalence of AI content on the platform.
- Centre-right
- This outlet highlighted the tension between the company's crackdown and the potential hypocrisy of blaming users for using AI tools.
Sources
- Centre Next.ink: LinkedIn adds a button to report "AI slop" content
- Centre Tecnoblog: LinkedIn creates button to report posts made by artificial intelligence
- Centre The Indian Express: LinkedIn lets users report AI-generated ‘slop’ posts in push for authentic content
- Centre The Register: LinkedIn realizes its users have been bathing in AI slop, offers a shower
- Centre-right The Straits Times: LinkedIn is cracking down on ‘AI slop’ with new reporting tool
Faithfulness score: 1.00 (fraction of claims supported by the sources, self-judged).