LinkedIn wants users to lean less on AI. Maybe a lot less

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🗞️ Driving the news: LinkedIn is taking steps to curb low-quality AI-generated content on its platform, including a new “seems like AI slop” reporting button
• It also plans to alert users when others flag their posts as AI-like and has begun phasing out an AI-powered post-enhancement feature

🔭 The context: AI-generated content is widespread on LinkedIn
• An analysis of nearly 57,000 public posts and comments found that 41% of long-form posts and 30% of comments were entirely AI-generated
• LinkedIn disputes these estimates, arguing that they may classify legitimate AI-assisted content as “AI slop”

🌍 Why it matters for the planet: LinkedIn is an important channel for communicating sustainability research, corporate commitments and climate expertise
• If generic AI content overwhelms professional platforms, it could make credible sustainability information harder to distinguish from automated commentary, increasing the value of authentic expertise and evidence-based communication

⏭️ What’s next: LinkedIn plans to introduce its “nudge” feature and continue improving detection and spam filtering
• The company says its focus is ultimately not whether AI was used, but whether content provides genuine value to users

💬 One quote: "How can we make sure that your time on LinkedIn is a good investment?" - Dan Roth, LinkedIn

📈 One stat: 200,000+ AI-generated spam comments are reportedly blocked by LinkedIn every day before publication

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