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Key Takeaways LinkedIn added a new feature last month: a button users can press if the content they’re seeing “seems like AI slop,” or poorly generated AI content.
In the first two weeks of the button’s launch, more than a million people have used it.
AI-detection startup Pangram recently classified more than 40% of LinkedIn’s long-form posts as entirely AI-generated.
LinkedIn doesn’t want to lose users to a flood of AI content.
In an effort to create a better user experience, LinkedIn chief product officer Hari Srinivasan announced in a post on the platform last month that the company would include a new feature: a “seems like AI slop” button.
AI slop refers to poorly generated AI content. LinkedIn is allowing users to flag posts that appear to be AI-generated.
The button immediately proved popular. Srinivasan wrote on LinkedIn last week that within the first two weeks of the button’s launch, more than a million people have used it.
“Overall members are now experiencing 40% less views on what we classify as AI slop from just a few weeks ago,” he wrote in the post. “Despite the progress, we know we have more to do to ensure LinkedIn remains a place where you can find real people & real perspectives.”
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