LinkedIn adds a 'seems like AI slop' report button for AI-generated posts

As part of a series of updates to reduce the volume of AI slop on the platform, LinkedIn has introduced a button that lets users flag posts as "seems like AI slop." This makes it one of the first major social platforms to give users a direct tool to push back against AI-generated content.

The feature is part of a broader set of measures LinkedIn is rolling out to address what its chief product officer Hari Srinivasan called a "top priority." AI detection company Pangram found that more than 40% of long-form LinkedIn posts were flagged as fully AI-generated, with LinkedIn described as the most AI-saturated social media platform.

Nearly two-thirds of all AI-generated long-form social media posts were found on LinkedIn specifically. With the new update, whenever a user clicks the new button, the flagged post disappears from their feed. LinkedIn will also privately notify posters through their account dashboard that their content may have come across as inauthentic. Srinivasan said that the goal is not to judge content but to give creators feedback from real humans rather than relying solely on automated AI detectors.

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The reports will also feed into LinkedIn's internal models, allowing it to better identify and reduce AI slop in suggested content and recommendations from outside users' networks. The company says it has already blocked hundreds of thousands of automated comment attempts daily and billions of other automation attempts in recent months.

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How does the new “seems like AI slop” button affect what appears in my LinkedIn feed when I report a post?

When you click the "seems like AI slop" button, the flagged post disappears from your feed. Reports also feed LinkedIn's internal models to help the platform better identify and reduce AI-generated content in suggested content and recommendations from outside your network, and LinkedIn will privately notify the poster that their content may have seemed inauthentic.

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What happens to the poster after their content is flagged using the new report button?

The poster is privately notified through their account dashboard that their content may have come across as inauthentic. Reports also feed into LinkedIn’s internal models to help identify and reduce AI-generated content in recommendations and suggested content.

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Will reports of AI-generated content be used to improve LinkedIn’s recommendation and discovery algorithms?

Yes. The article says reports will feed into LinkedIn's internal models to better identify and reduce AI slop in suggested content and recommendations from outside users' networks.

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How does LinkedIn’s removed “Enhance with AI” feature differ from the new proofreading tool?

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LinkedIn is also removing its own "Enhance with AI" post writing feature, replacing it with a lighter proofreading tool that refines spelling and grammar without rewriting a user's voice entirely. Other improvements include expanding access to profile and page verification tools and adding an option to block comments from company pages you no longer want to see.