404 Media- LinkedIn has rolled out a new feature enabling users to flag posts as 'AI slop' to combat the proliferation of AI-generated content.
- Hari Srinivasan, LinkedIn's Chief Product Officer, confirmed that addressing AI slop is a top priority, with user feedback directly improving their detection models.
- Users can report posts they suspect to be AI slop by tapping the three dots next to a post and selecting the option.
- 41 percent of long-form posts and 30 percent of short-form posts on LinkedIn are likely AI generated.
- Users have been complaining about AI slop on the platform for years, indicating a long-standing issue with low-quality content.
- Automated systems on LinkedIn block millions of attempts daily to reduce low-quality content.
- LinkedIn has invested in automated detection, flagging hundreds of thousands of automated comment attempts every day.
LinkedIn has launched a new feature that allows users to report posts as ‘AI slop’, a move aimed at tackling the growing issue of AI-generated content on the platform. Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan stated that this initiative is a top priority for the company, as user feedback will directly enhance their detection models.123468
The feature enables users to flag posts they suspect are low-quality or automated by clicking on the three dots next to a post and selecting ‘Seems like AI slop’. This comes in response to user complaints about the prevalence of AI-generated content, with reports indicating that 41 percent of long-form posts and 30 percent of short-form posts on LinkedIn are likely AI-generated.5
Srinivasan noted that the platform is ramping up efforts to improve its classifiers to identify AI slop, stating, “Slop is hard to define and the definition changes; this lets us tune our models and make better feeds.” LinkedIn has also been actively blocking millions of automated posting attempts daily, with billions of other automation attempts thwarted in recent months.
Research from Pangram revealed that one in four long-form social media posts is AI-generated, with nearly 62% of those appearing on LinkedIn. The new reporting feature is expected to help the platform better manage and reduce the amount of AI-generated content users encounter.
Srinivasan emphasized that allowing users to report AI slop will enhance LinkedIn's ability to identify and filter out low-quality content, ultimately improving the user experience.
“LinkedIn's new reporting tool aims to combat the rise of AI-generated content, with 41% of long-form posts likely being AI-generated. The platform is ramping up efforts to improve its detection models, as users have long expressed frustration over low-quality automated content.”
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