LinkedIn actually adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button
41% of LinkedIn's longform posts flagged as AI-generated. Now the platform is fighting back with a 'seems like AI slop' button.
Why it matters
LinkedIn is addressing a real platform problem—AI-generated spam drowning out human voices—with user-reporting infrastructure. Practitioners using LinkedIn for professional signaling and hiring now have explicit friction against synthetic content; the 41% stat signals the scale of the problem.
The key facts
6 to know41% of LinkedIn longform posts flagged as AI-generated by Pangram AI detector
New 'Seems like AI slop' reporting button rolling out
Part of broader LinkedIn effort to reduce AI-generated spam
CPO Hari Srinivasan cited AI slop as 'top priority'
Part of broader LinkedIn initiative to reduce AI-generated content on platform
LinkedIn CPO Hari Srinivasan confirms AI slop is 'top priority'
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Publisher excerpt: A lot of content on LinkedIn might seem like AI slop, and now, you'll be able to report those posts. As part of a series of updates to reduce the volume of AI slop on the platform, LinkedIn is introducing an actual button that lets you flag a post as something that "Seems like AI slop." The new…